I heard Rush Limbaugh discussing the New York Times and Karl Rove today. He was tearing @ssholes left and right. One of the best Limbaugh programs ever ! He said that the cover up was by the NYT who asked own journalist to fall on her sword. The NYT is guilty, not Karl Rove!
The NY Times needs to disclose to their shareholders if they are paying hush money to Judith Miller to keep her quiet while she's in jail.
The NYT, the WA PO and 36 other papers filed briefs with the court asking for an end to the investigation because it appeared that no crime had been committed. It was when their request was denied that they issued the fatwah on Karl Rove, trying to force the administration to request that the prosecutor shut down the investigation without any charges.
The whole point is that Rove isn't the target of this investigation. They never would have opened the investigation if they were looking at Rove. Ashcroft knew that no crime had been committed. He looked at this, but didn't open the investigation until he got a request from the CIA to look for the leaker.