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The Rove Factor?
Newsweek ^ | 06/11/05 | Michael Isikoff

Posted on 07/02/2005 1:05:55 PM PDT by Pikamax

The Rove Factor? Time magazine talked to Bush's guru for Plame story.

By Michael Isikoff Newsweek July 11 issue - Its legal appeals exhausted, Time magazine agreed last week to turn over reporter Matthew Cooper's e-mails and computer notes to a special prosecutor investigating the leak of an undercover CIA agent's identity. The case has been the subject of press controversy for two years. Saying "we are not above the law," Time Inc. Editor in Chief Norman Pearlstine decided to comply with a grand-jury subpoena to turn over documents related to the leak. But Cooper (and a New York Times reporter, Judith Miller) is still refusing to testify and faces jail this week.

At issue is the story of a CIA-sponsored trip taken by former ambassador (and White House critic) Joseph Wilson to investigate reports that Iraq was seeking to buy uranium from the African country of Niger. "Some government officials have noted to Time in interviews... that Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, is a CIA official who monitors the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction," said Cooper's July 2003 Time online article.

Now the story may be about to take another turn. The e-mails surrendered by Time Inc., which are largely between Cooper and his editors, show that one of Cooper's sources was White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, according to two lawyers who asked not to be identified because they are representing witnesses sympathetic to the White House. Cooper and a Time spokeswoman declined to comment. But in an interview with NEWSWEEK, Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, confirmed that Rove had been interviewed by Cooper for the article. It is unclear, however, what passed between Cooper and Rove.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cialeak; isikoff; karlrove; newsweek
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To: Bahbah

Fair enough...your out of dutch


41 posted on 07/02/2005 1:30:54 PM PDT by sofaman
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To: sofaman

"..it's 24 hours at DU or the dreaded panties on the head a la Abu Graibh...and I warn you, the panties belonged to Janet Reno..."

Boxers or briefs?


42 posted on 07/02/2005 1:31:12 PM PDT by Checkers (Gitmo has killed fewer people than Michael Schiavo.)
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To: sofaman
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4004445

we're being quoted on DU...apparently we're in denial...

43 posted on 07/02/2005 1:33:06 PM PDT by sofaman
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To: Bahbah

From the Boston globe article:


Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, said prosecutors have assured Rove he is not a target of the criminal investigation.


44 posted on 07/02/2005 1:33:08 PM PDT by hipaatwo (When you're in trouble you want all your friends around you...preferably armed!)
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To: Pikamax
Since the Watergate slime-balls took down a sitting president the media swine, and government socialist, with an agenda are seeking the money, and notoriety, that could come with a encore.

Sick to imagine the destructive bent of the fifth column.
45 posted on 07/02/2005 1:33:10 PM PDT by TUX (Domino effect)
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To: Checkers

The big question is....do we really want to know? Either way, it's a stomach turner...


46 posted on 07/02/2005 1:34:33 PM PDT by sofaman
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To: Pikamax

O'Donnell off his meds again.


47 posted on 07/02/2005 1:38:14 PM PDT by OldFriend (AMERICAN WARS SET MEN FREE)
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To: sofaman
we're being quoted on DU...apparently we're in denial...

They're now in a panic because the story is already dying.

*sigh*

There's nothing to it but one liberal reporters opinion, like the Downing street memos.

They just keep trying and trying. It must be a bitch to be them.

48 posted on 07/02/2005 1:38:52 PM PDT by concerned about politics (Vote Republican - Vote morally correct!)
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To: laishly
Meanwhile, I wonder how the idiots at DU are reacting.

Would you be surprised if I told you that they think they've found The Next Big Thing? You know, TXANG memos, Black Box Voting, Al Qa Qaa...

Another Perfect Rovian Storm...PJ Comix is going to have a ball with this one!
49 posted on 07/02/2005 1:42:01 PM PDT by timpad (The Wizard Tim - Keeper of the Holy Hand Grenade, Finder of Obscurata)
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To: concerned about politics
it's remarkable to follow their discussion groups...they really are clutching at straws..

I think what is remarkable to me is the pure unbridled hate that you see on their threads...really vicious stuff...

Only goes to prove that they are beginning to get the sense that they are destined for the political wilderness for a while...So they desperately hope for some sort of "crime" that will bring down the Bush admin...they're becoming laughable...

50 posted on 07/02/2005 1:42:39 PM PDT by sofaman
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To: balch3
More mush from admitted liars.
Hey, Newsweek...how's your circulation ?
51 posted on 07/02/2005 1:43:39 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: concerned about politics

even Isikoff is being treated like a leper..O'donnell is the hero LOL.


52 posted on 07/02/2005 1:45:54 PM PDT by Pikamax
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To: laishly
Meanwhile, I wonder how the idiots at DU are reacting.

Enjoy...

53 posted on 07/02/2005 2:04:01 PM PDT by OSHA (I,ll be breaf.)
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To: concerned about politics
They're now in a panic because the story is already dying.

What will really drive them nuts is when it becomes apparent that this is all secretly a Rove plan, and the evil genius has won again.

In related news, tinfoil futures hit all time high.

54 posted on 07/02/2005 2:08:12 PM PDT by neodad (I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way)
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To: defenderSD

Probably Begala himself.


55 posted on 07/02/2005 2:10:51 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
This could really send their Circulation into the dumper.

How many times do they think they can endure hits on their Credibility?

Then again the Sun, Enquirer and any number of tabloids have much better numbers, perhaps Newsweek is just morphing into a Checkout Stand Tabloid. How long until we get Christi Alie's (sp) true weight, or who's turn it is to be with Angelina Jolie or who Jennifer and Brad are doing this week?

TT
57 posted on 07/02/2005 2:12:39 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
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To: concerned about politics

Why are they having concerts today to help the starving?

JUST FEED THEM THE EGG ON LARRY'S FACE!!!
SHOULD LAST 5 YEARS


58 posted on 07/02/2005 2:18:36 PM PDT by skaterboy (Me love you long time)
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To: sofaman
"we're being quoted on DU...apparently we're in denial..."

We are in denial...in the parallel universe they have created. I'm not joking, these people believe that there is a parallel universe or dimension, whatever they call it.
59 posted on 07/02/2005 2:18:46 PM PDT by imskylark
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To: timpad

What a scream! Those guys are going to be soooo upset when the Evil One works his wily ways and escapes unscathed!


60 posted on 07/02/2005 2:23:27 PM PDT by laishly
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