Judith "the Drama Queen" Miller and Matthew "Another Donuts please" Cooper deceived the public by telling everyone that there was a last minute release signed by Rove that allowed them to disclose their source. As we now know, Rove's lawyer has disclosed that Rove signed a release 18 months ago. Byron York was on the Sean Hannity program today and released even more detail about this signed release. In short, the two reporters (and the rest of the MSM) were hoping and praying that the trap on the Bush White House and Rove would close shut before the details and facts were disclosed in full.
This inconvenient fact is going to destroy the reporters credibility (like they had any to begin with) and their story. These reporters (especially Miller) have probably been practicing their acceptance speech for the Pulitzer in front of their bathroom mirrors for months, pretending that their hair brushes are microphones.
The Jump the Shark moment for the MSM has truly arrived.
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Q Scott, you know what, to make a general observation here, in a previous administration, if a press secretary had given the sort of answers you've just given in referring to the fact that everybody who works here enjoys the confidence of the President, Republicans would have hammered them as having a kind of legalistic and sleazy defense. I mean, the reality is that you're parsing words, and you've been doing it for a few days now. So does the President think Karl Rove did something wrong, or doesn't he?
MR. McCLELLAN: No, David, I'm not at all. I told you and the President told you earlier today that we don't want to prejudge the outcome of an ongoing investigation. And I think we've been round and round on this for two days now.
Q Even if it wasn't a crime? You know, there are those who believe that even if Karl Rove was trying to debunk bogus information, as Ken Mehlman suggested yesterday -- perhaps speaking on behalf of the White House -- that when you're dealing with a covert operative, that a senior official of the government should be darn well sure that that person is not undercover, is not covert, before speaking about them in any way, shape, or form. Does the President agree with that or not?
MR. McCLELLAN: Again, we've been round and round on this for a couple of days now. I don't have anything to add to what I've said the previous two days.
Q That's a different question, and it's not round and round --
MR. McCLELLAN: You heard from the President earlier.
Q It has nothing to do with the investigation, Scott, and you know it.
MR. McCLELLAN: You heard from the President earlier today, and the President said he's not --
Q That's a dodge to my question. It has nothing to do with the investigation. Is it appropriate for a senior official to speak about a covert