Marcy Wheeler is reporting that Henry Waxman is asking Patrick Fitzgerald for documents relevant to the outing of Valerie Plame -- and he wants Michael Mukasey's help in getting them. It looks like Waxman took the advice of looseheadprop and was very specific about making his request for "documents relating to any interviews outside the presence of the grand jury" (which include Bush, Cheney, Card, Hadley, Rove, Bartlett and McClellan).

The Prince of Darkness emerges from the crypt: Washington Post columnist Robert D. Novak will be online to discuss his book, "The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington," his controversial recent column about the Clinton and Obama campaigns, the Valerie Plame case and more. Submit your questions and comments before or during the discussion. Or maybe the crypt has WiFi, who knows. Paging Marcy Wheeler....

Some days, it feels like we are all stuck on the Island of Misfit Press.   (No one wants an interview with a Charlie In the Box!)  To wit, when presidential spokesperson Dana Perino says something like this: White House press secretary Dana Perino said it wasn't clear what McClellan meant in the excerpt.

Former WH flack Scott McClellan has a new book coming out wherein he reveals that people in the Bush Administration had him fronting out lies to the public about the WH leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's CIA ties.  Color me shocked.  From E&P: .."The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of

Richard Armitage was a guest on CNN's Late Edition yesterday.  Crooks and Liars has the full clip of his appearance where, surprisingly, he was asked about his betrayal of Valerie Plame Wilson (to both Bob Novak and Bob Woodward, just to be clear on all the facts, since only Novak comes up).  Armitage's response was unusual for people in the Bush Administration in that he owned up to some culpibility.  But

(Please welcome host Sidney Blumenthal and author Valerie Plame Wilson in the comments today, here to discuss her new book Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House -- JH) None of Valerie Plame’s elaborate training to become an elite covert operative for the CIA prepared her for the Byzantine, vicious and dispiriting smear campaigns directed against her and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, in

Valerie Plame Wilson will be at FDL live to discuss her book, Fair Game, at 10:30 am PT/1:30 pm ET. Hope you can join us for what promises to be a lively and intriguing discussion. Valerie Plame Wilson juggled a lot in her career at the CIA. Who could ever have predicted that betrayal would come from the White House? Since senior administration officials whispered "Valerie Plame" and "CIA" in the same breath

"Our job was, basically, to make sure the bad guys didn't get nuclear weapons."Be here tomorrow at 1:30pm eastern, 10:30am pacific, for a special Book Salon with author Valerie Plame Wilson, who'll chat about her new book, Fair Game, with host Sidney Blumenthal.

Valerie Plame Wilson will be our guest for a special FDL Book Salon for her book "Fair Game," hosted by Sidney Blumenthal on Monday, October 22nd, at 10:30am -12:30pm PT/ 1:30-3:30pm ET.  You won't want to miss it. What exactly do you call it when your own government screws you and your entire network of covert operatives and assets and damn the consequences?  Just another day in Bushworld.  Via ThinkProgress: In her first interview

Valerie Plame Wilson will be here on Monday, October 22 for a special edition of the FDL Book Salon to chat about her much anticipated new book, Fair Game. The salon will be hosted by Sidney Blumenthal. So get all those questions ready you've been storing up for all this long while, it should be a barn burner.