Really critical on two counts. July 7, 2003 is included in is–which means, after this deposition, Fitz ahd some reason to believe Novak emailed the White House on July7. But July 9 is not in there–which means Novak was still hiding his meeting with Libby at which–almost certainly–Libby gave him the name Plame, the counterproliferation, and the Niger minister info.

why would that be ???

Wilson spoke out in December, the IWHG met in March

it all fits

it’s a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States

but we already knew that

Here’s where I start to look first — the Ghorbanifar Timeline. And just prior to 1 May, and continuing on, we see:

March 18, 2003: Rosen leaks details of policy document to WaPo’s Michael Dobbs, saying “I’m not supposed to know this”

April 2003: Iran proposes re-establishing relations; US rejects proposal because Iranian government “on the verge of collapse”

May 3, 2003: US and Iran in negotiations in Geneva

May 7, 2003: Rhode apparently stages “find” of anti-Israel materials in Iraq (and uranium document) with Ahmed Chalabi; Judy Miller reports it

Late May, 2003: Ledeen sends new letter outlining Ghorbanifar plan to Feith, including promise of finding “Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that had been moved to Iran”

And then I note that Fitz didn’t do the search until Sept 2004. So then, I figure it’s worth looking at the Ghorbanifar Timeline for that period of time, and lookee here:

August 27, 2004: Rosen and Weissman interviewed by FBI; Rosen warns Israeli of investigation

August 27, 2004: News of AIPAC investigation leaked; Paul McNulty put in charge of case

August 29-20, 2004: Feith, Luti, Rodman interviewed about whether they had authorized Franklin’s leaks to AIPAC

September-October 2004: Through Michael Ledeen’s intercession, Plato Cacheris agrees to represent Franklin pro bono

Do I understand what all of these things mean?
No.
Do I think that they are somehow connected? Absolutely.

Call me a nutcase, but I doubt the place to look is in D.C.
The strongest ‘nodes’ seem to involve something that Franklin was involved in, and Hadley would have wanted to be in the loop, no doubt.

I’d love to be wrong.
But for the present, I’m ordering a newer, shinier, thicker tinfoil hat. I’m thinking of adding a feathered boa or two, just for the sake of added elegance.

Only other thing I found from a little searching is it was also the day JudyJudyJudy outed a possible CIA asset, Saad Janabi. But it doesn’t make much sense to search WH emails on the day of the article publication.