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Bush aide Rove was Time reporter's source-Newsweek
Boston Glob ^ | July 10, 2005 | Reuters

Posted on 07/10/2005 9:12:14 PM PDT by bitt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top White House advisor Karl Rove was one of the secret sources that spoke to reporters about a covert CIA operative whose identity was leaked to the media, Newsweek magazine reported in its latest edition.

The magazine said Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, confirmed that Rove talked to Time magazine about former ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife, CIA agent Valerie Plame.

Luskin said Rove recently gave Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper permission to testify about the conversation to a grand jury investigating the leak in 2003, according to Newsweek.

A U.S. federal judge ordered Cooper, along with New York Times reporter Judith Miller, to testify and reveal their confidential sources.

Last week Cooper avoided a jail sentence for contempt of court by agreeing to testify in the case. Miller refused to testify and was jailed.

The case has become an important test involving freedom of the press and has pitting the media's traditional use of anonymous sources against the efforts of a federal government prosecutor to investigate a possible crime.

It is illegal to knowingly reveal the identity of an undercover CIA agent.

Although Rove has made statements about the Plame leak, he has never publicly acknowledged talking to any reporter about the CIA agent.

Rove has carefully chosen his words when questioned about the leak. "I didn't know her name. I didn't leak her name," he told CNN last year when asked if he had had anything to do with it.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
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To: Itzlzha

"LIEberals can NEVER keep any secrets!"

You ain't lieing!! The silence over Sandy Bergers stealing and losing Top Secret SCI documents during a time of war is deafening.

It's becoming apparent that Joe wasn't officially sent by THE CIA, he was sent by DNC operatives who happen to work at the CIA. His mission was to undermine the President and War.


181 posted on 07/11/2005 11:02:15 AM PDT by Wristpin ( Varitek says to A-Rod: "We don't throw at .260 hitters.....")
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To: bigsigh

Rove was warning Cooper.....look what happened. A good deed does go punished inside the beltway.

We can disagree on the ethics and morality of this. You & I are of different opinions.

But there was nothing illegal about this (as was your earlier argument).


182 posted on 07/11/2005 11:06:43 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Help!
No all CIA employees are "undercover" Plame was an analyst sitting in D.C. She hadn't been overseas in over 5 years. It was apparently common knowledge in D.C. circles that she worked for the Agency. It is only illegal IF the leaked name is of an "undercover agent."

Why wasn't Rove honest from the beginning then? He and the White House have denied that they had anything to do with it. Rove lied to the public and to his boss.

183 posted on 07/11/2005 11:25:03 AM PDT by conserv13
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To: Echo Talon
I knew you were a liberal.

You don't seem to know much, boy.

184 posted on 07/11/2005 11:39:56 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Looks like the Supreme Court wants to play Cowboys and Homeowners.)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Still making friends I see.

;^)

This little twerp deserves it. ;^)

185 posted on 07/11/2005 11:41:29 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Looks like the Supreme Court wants to play Cowboys and Homeowners.)
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To: Lazamataz
I didn't say that he didn't. It amazes me how the whackloons always find you.

Personally I enjoy watching you school them. Keep up the good work.

186 posted on 07/11/2005 11:44:18 AM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
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To: Lazamataz
You don't seem to know much, boy.

Not to many conservatives that I know, like their anuses fondled,licked or otherwise messed with... That would leave you in the Massachusetts crowd and we all know who they vote for... Maybe you and Barney Frank could go out sometime, sure he probably wouldn't mind masticating your posterior.

187 posted on 07/11/2005 11:49:32 AM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: Help!; MeekOneGOP; PhilDragoo; Happy2BMe; potlatch; ntnychik; Smartass; Travis McGee; Alamo-Girl; ..


Yellow-Kook alert!


I smell cake..... Yellowcake?


  
     

188 posted on 07/11/2005 11:58:34 AM PDT by devolve (-------------------------------------------------)
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To: Echo Talon
You are a little too focused on gay topics for my comfort.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.


(Cosmo, Elaine and George all at the same time)
"Oh no, ... not at all... perfectly normal... no problem here... oh you betchya...."

189 posted on 07/11/2005 12:07:34 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Looks like the Supreme Court wants to play Cowboys and Homeowners.)
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To: Lazamataz

George is the man. :D Elaine is hot, but i guess she's a mega-lib :(


190 posted on 07/11/2005 12:12:09 PM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: NathanBookman

Yes, he has gained complete control over the HAARP apparatus!

CA....


191 posted on 07/11/2005 12:33:20 PM PDT by Chances Are (Whew! It seems I've once again found that silly grin!)
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To: bitt

Sorry,but I don't think it's going to stick.
How many of the taxpayer's $ have been spent
to get this far? And for what?


192 posted on 07/11/2005 12:37:50 PM PDT by jos65
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To: MJY1288
What makes you think he has any comprehension? He certainly hasn't exhibited any himself!

CA....

193 posted on 07/11/2005 12:49:05 PM PDT by Chances Are (Whew! It seems I've once again found that silly grin!)
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To: Wristpin
It's becoming apparent that Joe wasn't officially sent by THE CIA, he was sent by DNC operatives who happen to work at the CIA. His mission was to undermine the President and War.

DING-DING-DING!

We have a WINNER!

194 posted on 07/11/2005 1:14:46 PM PDT by Itzlzha ("The avalanche has already started...it is too late for the pebbles to vote")
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To: bitt
Luskin said Rove recently gave Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper permission to testify about the conversation to a grand jury investigating the leak in 2003, according to Newsweek.

While Rove should not have been talking about anybody at the CIA, regardless of the fact that he didn't reveal names, I'll give him credit for being a man about it and not trying to cover it up. If Clinton were in the WH, there would be no end to the attempted cover-ups.
195 posted on 07/11/2005 2:20:01 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: Yaelle
Didn't she wear a scarf in her convertible, though?? Hmm?

LOLOL! Don't forget the cigarette holder dangling from her lips and the thick Russian accent....

196 posted on 07/11/2005 2:45:02 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Chances Are

Good point


197 posted on 07/11/2005 2:56:30 PM PDT by MJY1288 (Whenever a Liberal is Speaking on the Senate Floor, Al-Jazeera Breaks in and Covers it LIVE)
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To: bitt

This is just one more reason Newsweek needs to be shut down. How many LIES can one magazine print before it has to answer to authority??


198 posted on 07/11/2005 3:00:40 PM PDT by JuniorPatriot
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To: Duke Nukum; All

'Valarie Plame should resign for sending her husband to Niger to cook intelligence. She and he are a disgrace.

A pair of glory hounds putting their own stardom ahead of the country.

They belong in the Rosenberg wing of the Traitor's Hall of Fame.'

~~~~~~~~~~~~
in my opinion, this is the story we should be talking about - these idiot Plame/Wilsons have lied, deceived and flamed their way into a situation that they hoped would debase the present administration's position. I think Rove played it exactly right.


199 posted on 07/11/2005 3:15:18 PM PDT by bitt ('We will all soon reap what the ignorant are now sowing.' Victor Davis Hanson)
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To: bitt

in my opinion, this is the story we should be talking about - these idiot Plame/Wilsons have lied, deceived and flamed their way into a situation that they hoped would debase the present administration's position. I think Rove played it exactly right.

Agree totally.

200 posted on 07/11/2005 3:55:33 PM PDT by Duke Nukum (To thine own self be true...or relatively true. --Guy Caballero)
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