So much for getting anything out of the White House on the Plame leak.
When Scooter Libby dropped the appeal of his conviction, on Monday, the White House’s reliable old excuse for not talking about its role in the case–that it was inappropriate to comment while criminal proceedings were still pending–seemed to vanish. Still, at the briefing that day, White House spokesperson Dana Perino told reporters she didn’t have any comment because she hadn’t talk to the President yet.
So back reporters went to Perino yesterday. Via Al Kamen:
At the press “gaggle” yesterday, Perino was asked if she had “had a chance to talk with the president about the Scooter Libby case.”
“I have not,” she said, “but I did talk to our counsel’s office because I forgot that there is a civil case that is pending on this issue. I did forget. The Wilsons have filed a case in civil court, it was dismissed, and they are on appeal.”
The civil case? D’oh.
