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The real Rove scandal: If you can't shoot the messenger, take aim at his wife.
LA Times ^ | July 12, 2005 | Robert Scheer

Posted on 07/12/2005 3:31:58 PM PDT by Crackingham

That clearly was the intent of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove in leaking to a reporter that former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV's wife, Valerie Plame, was a CIA agent. To try to conceal the fact that the president had lied to the American public about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program, Rove attempted to destroy the credibility of two national security veterans and send an intimidating message to any other government officials preparing to publicly tell the truth.

Rove's lawyer now says that Rove didn't break the law against naming covert agents because he didn't know Plame's name and therefore couldn't have revealed it. Perhaps he can use such a technicality in court, but in the meantime he should resign immediately — or be fired by the president — for leaking classified information, trying to smear Wilson and possibly endangering Plame's life.

"The White House promised if anyone was involved in the Valerie Plame affair, they would no longer be in this administration," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). "I trust they will follow through on this pledge."

The background on this story is crucial. Ambassador Wilson had been honored as a patriot by President George H.W. Bush for standing up to Saddam Hussein in a face-to-face confrontation in Baghdad on the eve of the Persian Gulf War. But in 2003, Wilson committed an unpardonable crime in the eyes of the second Bush White House. He exposed its lies about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cialeak; hahahahaha; inyourdreams; josephwilson; nicetrybobby; valerieplame
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1 posted on 07/12/2005 3:32:00 PM PDT by Crackingham
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To: Crackingham

Aha! Trust the LATime to cut right to the heart of the matter.


2 posted on 07/12/2005 3:33:42 PM PDT by hershey
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To: Crackingham

There are so many errors of fact in this piece one simply doesn't know where to begin.


3 posted on 07/12/2005 3:33:55 PM PDT by JennysCool (Be good, and you will be lonesome. - Mark Twain)
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To: Crackingham

OKay, you know what Robert Sheer is, don't ya?


4 posted on 07/12/2005 3:34:12 PM PDT by Abcdefg
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BAAAAAARF!!!


5 posted on 07/12/2005 3:34:23 PM PDT by Leo Carpathian (FReeeePeee!)
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To: JennysCool
Amen to that..It's "clearly the intent" of the slimes to convolute the story..
6 posted on 07/12/2005 3:34:42 PM PDT by Michael Barnes
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These people (liberals) are more phuqed up than a soup sandwich. Unreal. It does'nt take much to send them off after the geese, huh?


7 posted on 07/12/2005 3:34:57 PM PDT by Shaka
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8 posted on 07/12/2005 3:36:16 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Crackingham

Did Michael Moore write this?


9 posted on 07/12/2005 3:36:32 PM PDT by SIDENET ("You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred")
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To: Abcdefg
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10 posted on 07/12/2005 3:37:19 PM PDT by Michael Barnes
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OKay, you know what Robert Sheer is, don't ya?

A guy that once wrote an entire book extolling the virtues of North Korea's government.

11 posted on 07/12/2005 3:37:30 PM PDT by Dont Mention the War (John Bolton for White House Press Secretary!)
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To: Southack

He is a supporter of the head moonbat....:-)


12 posted on 07/12/2005 3:37:48 PM PDT by Dog
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The original Malibu Marxist adds his quota of smog.


13 posted on 07/12/2005 3:38:41 PM PDT by Argus
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To: JennysCool
There are so many errors of fact in this piece one simply doesn't know where to begin.

So many lies, so little time. Isn't that always the case when dealing with these people?

14 posted on 07/12/2005 3:40:13 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (I (heart) Karl Rove)
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To: Crackingham

LAT "If you can't take down the president, go after his chief of staff"


15 posted on 07/12/2005 3:40:27 PM PDT by Paloma_55
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Brit Hume just said Plame was the one who notified Joe Wilson that he was assigned the trip to Niger. She started with "There's this crazy report (about Saddam wanting to buy uranium from Niger)." Wilson's attorney also denied that Wilson's wife involved in the sending of Joe to Niger...even though a CIA agent testified to that and there is a email from Plame recommending that her husband should be assigned to go.

Also on Fox tonight, John Gibson recommended that Rove be given a medal for exposing a CIA agent (Plame) who knows her husbands thoughts on the war has the CIA send her husband on such a critical mission. Who was trying to harm national security???? "There's this crazy report...", nope, no bias there.

The media is spinning this real hard. And I believe they are going to get burned....big time!


16 posted on 07/12/2005 3:40:34 PM PDT by NathanBookman
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The rats are about to look very silly, consider the following:

IT WAS JUST REPORTED ON FOX CABLE NEWS THAT HER NAME WAS ON HER HUSBAND'S WEBSITE AND HE ID'ED HER THERE AS WORKING FOR THE CIA, THIS BEFORE ROVE SPOKE WITH THE REPORTER(S).

AND IF ROVE DIDN"T GET THE INFO FROM A CLASSIFIED SOURCE BUT FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE (HER HUSBANDS WEBSITE)THERE IS NO VIOLATION OF THE LAW.

sorry for the caps but I feel like yelling this...lol


17 posted on 07/12/2005 3:40:36 PM PDT by stockpirate (We can fight the Muslim Army in Iraq! Or we can fight them outback! Which do you prefer?)
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Makes you wonder how many other covert operatives were killed by Roves leaks to the press(actual statement made to me by a barking moonbat). I am still laughing. They are just so crazy with hate of all things Bush.
18 posted on 07/12/2005 3:41:05 PM PDT by crazyhorse691 ( Heaven on Earth is where the nearest Starbucks is 60 miles away.)
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We've got us a full blown, hysterical, democrat media orgy,
now that Scheer has popped his head up.
Machete, anyone?
19 posted on 07/12/2005 3:42:23 PM PDT by MamaLucci (Mutually assured destruction STILL keeps the Clinton administration criminals out of jail.)
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To: Argus
Perhaps he can use such a technicality in court

Gee is that like Clinton not "technically" committing perjury?
20 posted on 07/12/2005 3:42:46 PM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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