Let's not forget in the beginning there was a meeting of the Cabal to plot strategy to discredit Wilson and get revenge via his wife, all to protect their lies for going to war. A conspiracy of intent. A second conspiracy to cover their tracks with reporters carrying the burden of revelations. A third conspiracy of the Cabal to spin the story to cover up the previous two conspiracies. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT NOW---POSSIBLE "targeted direct attempts at communication" BY LUSKIN AND ROVE.

Here's how I'm seeing it based on information so far:

I think Fitzgerald is after something that appeared in Novak's Time articles or radio and tv interview transcripts that either belies Rove's claim that he didn't remember talking to Cooper before discovering the Hadley e-mail or that relates to the timing of the Rove and Luskin's discovery of the Hadley e-mail.

It may have to do with whether Rove offered to recant his earlier testimony to the grand jury before or after knowing that Time Magazine was going to turn over Cooper's notes and e-mails. If Rove only offered to go back to the grand jury after he found out that Cooper or Time were going to out him, then recantation isn't available as a defense.

Another possibility along these lines: Perhaps Fitzgerald wants to know what Novak told Luskin about Time and Cooper's intentions and the substance of Cooper's conversations with Rove -- as opposed to merely what Luskin told Novak. [Update: Tom Maguire has more on this.]

Does anyone think the timing is suspect? Woodward gives the first account of why his source came clean to Viveca Novak of Time rather than the Washington Post. Then Novak gets subpoenaed. Is Woodward the cause of Novak's subpoena?