Plame Gossip.

A bit of a revelation in the Luskin/V. Novak story.

Sources familiar with their conversations say Novak's and Luskin's accounts to Fitzgerald appear to conflict on when they spoke. ....

A source familiar with Novak's account said she believes the conversation took place in March or May, and definitely took place after February 2004, when Rove first testified before the grand jury.

But one person close to the case said the conversation took place before Rove's first grand jury appearance in February. This person said the conversation was not the event that led Rove to change his testimony.

This is huge. Luskin's whole last gasp effort to keep Rove out of jail is based on this conversation, that Rove's "remembering" midway through his four Grand Jury appearances was based on that conversation.

So, what's the truth? That "one person close to the case" source has been damning this Luskin defense all along. I keep thinking that somebody on Fitzgerald's team is talking to Vandehei, but there's no proof.