"And now we come to the crux of the problem for poor Scooter. As Fitz previously noted in his filings, he has not given notice of Rule 404(b) "other crimes, wrongs or acts" as yet. But disclosure of the NIE (with or without proper approval or declassification from the Vice President) and all of the information that Waas lays out in his article on what was behind the Administration’s desparate race to shut down any inquiry into Ambassador Wilson’s allegations — whatever its motivation from protecting the President and the Vice President on down — constitutes a big hunk of motive, opportunity, intent and all of the other goodies that allow all of that evidence to come in at trial"
"As it turns out, Rove and Hadley worked closely with Tenet to help craft his statement. But they carefully sidestepped the issue of the aluminum tubes and kept the focus on the Niger issue.
This was part of their overall strategy. And it worked.
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