Shrub strategist Karl Rove
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It is a federal crime in the USA to identify CIA operatives to the press- and whoopee, that’s precisely what Karl Rove has been caught out doing.
Newsweek magazine has *ahem* somehow gotten hold of Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper’s notes which name Rove as the source who identified Valerie Plame as a CIA op. Rove apparently released the information about Plame in retaliation against her husband, the former US ambassador Joseph Wilson, who had written an op-ed piece for the New York Times, in which Wilson debunks the White House claim that Shrubbo was told that Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, had sought to buy uranium from Niger to make nuclear weapons.
Rove has also testified three times before Congress that he did not know Plame’s name nor that he outed her to the press- which rightfully ought to buy Karl a trip to the Federal Hilton for perjury… on top of the charge for revealing the name of a CIA op to the press.
Can you say… busted?
Since the White House will not comment… you can reasonably presume they are hip deep in shit.
Now let’s wait and see if there is the "political will" to put Rove where he belongs… in a federal prison with his new cellmate, Bubba.
I wonder also if the "political will" exists to release New York Times journalist, Judith Miller, from jail. Miller was incarcerated last week for contempt of court given her refusal to release her own notes to the court.
What Rovian magic do you think will be worked to keep Karl out of prison?
-weez
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I find it unlikely that Rove will fail to find a way to worm his way out of it, but it would be bloody nice if he got his just desserts.
If that is at all possible given what he has encouraged within the Bush Administration…
Comment by Guy 07.12.05 @ 10:51 amLeave a comment
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