[rface]

Bill Israel teaches journalism at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst). He has worked for several failing newpapers.

[dearolddad]

If Bill Israel has proof that Rove is the bad guy why isn't he intelligent enough to produce it?

[HEY4QDEMS]

The problem with this whole episode is that Rove never requested anonymity from either of the reporters in this case.

He had already testified to the investigative committee that he had spoken to them and several other reporters "on the record"

He is also adamant that he at no time revealed Ms. Plame's name or even hinted it, and I believe him.

[cyncooper]

But the Valerie Plame-CIA case that threatens jail time for reporters from Time and The New York Times this week is the exception that shatters the rule. In this case, journalists as a community have been played for patsies by the president’s chief strategist, Karl Rove, and are enabling him to abuse the First Amendment, by their invoking it.

Well, the problems with this fellow's working theory are numerous, (of course he's clearly blinded by hate hence the intellectual dishonesty), but let's start with the fact that Rove has signed a waiver releasing reporters from any confidentiality agreements meaning he has set them free to reveal what he told them.

And of course, he did not reveal Plame's role in sending her husband to Niger. He did indeed discuss it after he learned about it.

[Eva]

Bill Israel is so delusional that this article is actually funny. Rove must get a real kick out of reading this stuff.

[Republican Red]

Jonah Goldberg of NRO seems to be in the know about who the real leaker is.

http://corner.nationalreview.com/

July2: PREDICTION [Jonah Goldberg]
Rove didn't do it. But, as Glenn Reynolds notes, the possibility will cause many liberals to have a second case of whiplash (the first being their sudden disapproval of the investigation they essentially started when it became clear that the Times and Newsweek would get ensnared). Now that it seems possible Rove did it, many will suddenly re-fall in love with Patrick Fitzgerald. And if the person I *think* did it, did in fact do it, we will see even more plastic-collared liberals in the weeks to come.
Posted at 08:29 AM


July 5: ROVE ETC [Jonah Goldberg]
I've gotten a lot of email from over the weekend asking me who I think the Plame leaker was if I think it wasn't Rove. I'm sorry to say I can't say until I get a green light to say. But I'm working on it. And, it's not a just wild guess. I could be wrong but my confidence is high.

[bfree]

Using the stupid media, LOL!!! I love it. These pseudo intellects are amusing, their leftwing garbage can't handle it. The whining continues.

[bfree]

Using the stupid media, LOL!!! I love it. These pseudo intellects are amusing, their leftwing garbage can't handle it. The whining continues.