[kcvl]

What fate befalls Matt Cooper—Time Inc. royalty once removed, through marriage to political consultant Mandy Grunwald, a daughter of the late Henry Grunwald, a Time managing editor and one of Mr. Pearlstine's predecessors as editor in chief—is not clear.

[Thebaddog]

My hunch is that Cooper never asked Rove for permission. He got his orders from Mandy in order to try and dirty up Rove. If you recall her pictures, she is not a marital match for no-chin Cooper. It surely has to be a business relationship.