I'm sorry..I find it hard to believe that these two rat reporters(given the chance) would not *out* Rove if he was the leaker....someone convince me if I'm wrong
For some reason Colin Powell is in the back of my mind as the leaker. I don't know why, I'm probably dead wrong, but for some reason it's the gut feeling I have.
You're not wrong. Even if they truly were standing on principle that they would never reveal a source whoever it may be, Rove has signed a waiver releasing reporters from any confidentiality agreement.
Besides, Rove had no way of knowing about Plame's role or even Wilson going to Niger until he saw Wilson's op-ed, so it doesn't appear possible he was in possession of the information even had he wanted to "leak it".
Also, it hasn't even been established Plame was covert at the time or for many years, so whoever disclosed her role likely did not break any laws.