I still don't see the big deal. A reporter called Rove. At the end of the call the Wilson thing comes up. Rove gives his two cents on the true sponsor of the trip. Mentioning a CIA agent in and of itself is not a crime. Many criteria must be met.
They are going crazy on this because DUers and Move-On Leftist have blasted every article they could find to the media so they would not forget about it and had to finally react! The Leftists were sooo pissed that the London Bombings occurred to take the story away from the Rover/Plame story that while we were worried about the London bombings they were blasting Rove Rove Rove and more Rove to all the media outlets!
They seem to be saying it's a crime to "whistle blow" perceived wrongs by government personel, but only those who blow the whistle on "conservative" bad guys get TIME covers and praise.
Reporters come to information by many ways and they are the ones who decide what gets printed. Therein lies the responsibility--Plame wouldn't have been "outted" (if she was) if only the reporter kept his mouth shut; ditto with Novak.
But it's truly hilarious--not amusing, hilarious--to see these reporters, who, since Watergate, have been defending the whistleblowing tradition, now screaming "Save us from ourselves! Don't spill secrets to us!"
It must be July if we are dealing with things this stupid.
The Donks want Rove so bad they can just taste it. The Clintonistas can sell the entire country to the ChiComs and they don't give a damn. But if Karl Rove mispoke while giving a backgrounder, it's the crime of the century
Remember when Kerry stated the name of a real CIA covert agent during the hearings over John Bolton?
The MSM wasn't interested in that, I wonder why ?
sarcasm off !!!!!!!!
It's nice to see the press corp being as diligent about ROve as they were about Clinton's and the FBI files.
/scarcasm
If Rove was a Democrat, everyone here would be demanding his resignaton.
No.
That was someone else in another Administration.
The last I heard she was NOT a CIA agent but merely an analyse.
I just can't seem to care about this story. It strikes me as another in a long line of mountains out of molehills the press builds to make Bush look bad. Yawn...