Well if you believe this AP story and the NYT version of the same events you would have to conclude that Rove wasn't involved in the leak. Unless talking to reporters and telling them what other reporters are saying is a crime or even an ethical breach. This is the biggest pile of crap since Dan Rather tried to ... you know the story.
"then informally discussed the information with a Time magazine reporter days before the story broke".
If this is correct, he shouldn't have done that.
Unfortunate for him, and others now, "informally" doesn't work here, and has created predictable results.