Posted on 07/02/2005 6:27:14 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Karl Rove, President Bush's chief political adviser, spoke with TIME mag's Matthew Cooper during a critical week in July 2003 when Cooper was reporting on a public critic of the Bush administration who was also the husband of a CIA operative.
But Rove did not leak the name of the CIA op Plame, Rove's lawyer said again Saturday night.
Robert Luskin said Rove never identified Plame to Cooper in those conversations.
"Karl did nothing wrong. Karl didn't disclose Valerie Plame's identity to Mr. Cooper or anybody else,'' Luskin said to the WASHINGTON POST. Luskin said the question remains unanswered: ``Who outed this woman? ... It wasn't Karl.''
NBC's Lawrence O'Donnell claimed this weekend, 'Rove Blew CIA Agent's Cover'.
"Emails will reveal that Karl Rove was Matt Cooper's source. I have known this for months," O'Donnell said.
Developing...
Yes! I've never heard of him - but a lot of people seemed to be pleased to see his name on the list.
Waters around Rove are certainly getting choppy. I've no doubt Pres. Bush will keep him on, but the Dems smell blood in the water. Doesn't matter whose blood (wilson), just as long as they can bite at Rove in the process. I still think he's in trouble.... hope you're both right.
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