Andromeda

Andy: ... so that's why we think using stem cells to develop our Strategic Defense Initiative is morally consistent. Steve?

Q: Andy, last fall, you stated in no uncertain terms that no one at Andromeda had anything to do with the disclosure of Plame's identity and yet this weekend Time Magazine reported your staff was responsible for creating a clickable web map showing the location of all her secret contacts.

Andy: Well, first of all, you can hardly believe everything you read in Time Magazine, with all the trouble they're having these days getting decent sources. Second, there is an ongoing criminal investigation ... which we think is stupid. We also think the special prosecutor is stupid. And we totally reject the story in Time Magazine. Janet.

Q: In Andromeda's War on Terror --

Q: Andy, when you say "totally reject," do you mean there is no truth at all in the Time Magazine story?

Andy: Steve, please do not interrupt Janet.

Q: Thank you Andy, I was saying that Andromeda is doing an excellent job in the War on Terror and ... that seems really important.

Andy: Yes.

Q: Do you want to comment on that?

Andy: Sure, we at Andromeda feel terrorism is very bad and very scary. And scary things can be very distracting. Yes, Don?

Q: Following up on Steve's question, when you say "totally reject," do you mean these is no truth at all in the Time Magazine story?

Andy: Story? What story? They have a story?

Q: You just spoke about it a second ago, they accuse you of creating a clickable web map --

Andy: Fine, fine! Yes, I remember the story and we totally reject it. Janet?

Q: Wait, Andy, that was my question -- what do you mean "totally reject"?

Andy: Nothing, Janet?

Q: I just had that one.

Andy: OK, when we say "totally reject," we do not necessarily mean we reject the story in its totality, we mean we completely reject the parts that are not accurate. Go ahead, Janet.

Q: Me? I was just leaving.

Q: What is inaccurate?

Andy: Well, if you must know, the map did not have "all" her secret contacts. We didn't mention Islamabad at all. And one of the links was broken.

Q: We have just learned there is a videotape with excellent audio showing you releasing Plame's secret identity.

Andy: I appreciate your question. Well, that is why we have said we, unfortunately, cannot comment anymore on an ongoing investigation. No one wants to get to the bottom of this more than we do. No one is more interested in nailing this thing down. No one has a greater sense of natural curiosity than we do. But with the ongoing investigation and all, our hands are tied.

Q: But you've previously commented on the investigation. Last fall, you stated in no uncertain terms that you had nothing to do with the Plame matter.

Andy: I know what I said. Don't you think I know what I said? I am very familiar with what I said. No one wants to get to the bottom of what I said more than I do. But we cannot say anything more at this time, due to the ongoing investigation. We just cannot comment on an ongoing investigation. Where did Janet go?

Q: But you have commented on the investigation. You said it was stupid and the special prosecutor --

Andy: I know that, I know that, I know what I said. But that was prior to the criminal invest --

Q: That was just a few seconds ago, during this news conference.

Andy: Well, you have my answer. What's that Janet? You want to know about Andromeda's plans for the War on Terror?

Q: She's not even here.

Andy: I can't comment on that.

Q: Well, as to the War on Terror, would you care to comment on the failure to keep the war restricted to Iraq?

Andy: I appreciate your question. I think your question is being asked relating to some reports that are in reference to an ongoing criminal investigation. As you --

Q: No, it isn't.

Andy: Well, I think it is.

Q: But it isn't.

Andy: I will be glad to talk about it at the appropriate time. No one wants to find the truth more than we do.