Posted on 07/13/2005 12:00:18 PM PDT by areafiftyone
WASHINGTON — Journalist Matt Cooper (search) on Wednesday told reporters he would give them details of his grand jury testimony detailing a conversations with White House aide Karl Rove (search) about a CIA operative — in a future issue of Time magazine.
"I'm not going to scoop myself today," Cooper, a White House correspondent for the news weekly, said outside the U.S. District Court Wednesday afternoon.
Cooper spoke after a two-and-a-half hour appearance before the grand jury investigating the leak of CIA officer Valerie Plame's (search) identity. He was one of several journalists to whom Plame's identity was leaked following the publication of an editorial written by her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson (search), in which Wilson criticized the Bush administration.
One of those journalists, Judith Miller (search) of The New York Times, is in jail for her refusal to name the person who revealed Plame's identity to her. Last week, Cooper escaped a similar citation for contempt of court when he told the judge his source had waived confidentiality, freeing him to testify before the grand jury.
"Today I testified and agreed to testify solely because of a waiver I received from my source," Cooper said outside the courthouse. "Once a journalist makes a commitment of confidentiality to a source, only the source can end that commitment."
The grand jury is tasked with finding out if whoever leaked her identity to the press two years ago did so with the intent of burning her cover, possibly in retaliation for Wilson's criticisms of the administration's claims that Iraq's nuclear program.
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Good. Thanks! Now, will the MSM report the results of the IC? I hope this doesn't slide under their radar. Where could we find out the status on this? Ideas?
"The bottom line is clearly Mr. Rove was involved," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., "The American people deserve answers ... if the leak was an act of retribution, it was a dastardly act."
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On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California repeated Democratic calls for Rove to be fired.
"Whether it's a criminal offense or not, it's an act against the national security of the United States. No person who has divulged the name of a CIA covert operative should be in the employ of the U.S. government. It's up to the special prosecutor to find out whether that person should also be indicted in addition to being fired. So yes, I think he should be fired," Pelosi said.
Cooper also said he hoped his testimony would speed up the grand jury's investigation, which would allow Miller to be released from jail. When he announced last week that he planned to testify and would thus be spared from having to go to jail, he proclaimed his solidarity with Miller.
Wonder how much comfort Miller takes with his "solidarity?"
Coward.
Nice summation of the events...I agree, and knowing Rove am wondering if he's currently letting the leftists hang themselves on purpose by saying NOTHING,
Why all the interest in Mandy Grunwald? Novak is the one that "leaked" the name Plame to the world and he said he had two sources, both high Bush Administration officials. Note he didnt say White House Officials. I think his sources, neither of whom committed a crime were Secretary Powell (who slipped up in conversation) and Director Tennant (who confirmed the story).
D I T T O !!
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Cooper will write a bogus article.
He has nothing that shows that Karl Rove leaked Plame's name or even knew she was anything more than an analyst.
But Cooper will make something up.
Because the media has gone off the deep end. They get worse each week.
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