Karl Rove, President Bush's chief adviser, leaves Air Force One upon arrival from Indianapolis, Ind., at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, July 14, 2005. Rove's allege involvement in a news leak that exposed a CIA officer's identity has made him a political liability for President Bush, who has not yet talked about Rove's future in the administration, or his actual role in the leak. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Seems like Novack told Rove.
Excellent interview! Especially the part about Novak telling the C.I.A. he was going to use her name and the them not stopping him.
PHILLIPS: Well, breaking the law or partisan politics, do you think Valerie Plame [Wilson's wife] is now damaged goods?
SANFORD: Well, ... it is worth remembering that when Robert Novak, the columnist, disclosed her identity in his column, he had called the CIA to tell them he was going to do that, and they didn't stop him.
They did not do what the CIA normally does in that situation if they want to protect or continue to protect somebody's identity. ...
They didn't call his syndicate. They didn't scream at him, say you're going to endanger her life or [en]danger her career, that sort of thing. They just sort of shrugged and said, "Well, I guess she won't be getting any more overseas assignments."
I don't think that's the kind of affirmative measures that the agency needs to be taking in order to invoke the statute.
Even if she worked or didn't work for the CIA it still looks shady for someone to spread rumors of someones work. Why in the world during our GWOT would someone even try to hint that someone worked for the CIA, even if she was a janitor or had no cover with the agency, it still looks low.
I don't know about anyone else, but combined with Wilson's admission that Plame wasn't undercover; these lawyers and the woman who WROTE the damned law saying there's nothing there; the NYT story coming out tomorrow amounts to this being the greatest tempest in a teapot since the DeLay "scandal".
The DUmmies will be asking "What happened???" this time tomorrow, calling the Times a rightwing tool and such. I'm sure many will be more cautious, but for me, this story is over.
DU placed on suicide watch
This story gets better and better. Okay, I'll bite: how did Novak find out Plame's identity? Obviously he didn't get it from Rove. And I think he has said he didn't get it from anyone else in the Bush Admistration. Meanwhile, Judith Miller refuses to testify about what she knows. Hmm...
A birdie tells me that Novak's ultimate source is either Joe Wilson (through intermediaries) or Mandy Grunweld (Matt Cooper's wife and Democratic Party hack). Now wouldn't that be sweet?
And .. there was another lawyer over on FOX saying almost exactly the same thing.
The "Rove must go" mantra has just been blown apart and it's laying in pieces on the ground. Tomorrow .. we'll see who in the dems line-up is stupid enough to try to pick them up.
Whaaa...? First I heard this.
I'm beginning to think that the call by the CIA to have this matter investigated might have been the work of another Democrat partisan in the Agency.
Hope you had fun looking like idiots, Democrats.
YOU DOLTS! (j/k 8-D )
Haven't you got this figured out yet? The entire thing, Rove, Wilson, Plame, Novak, Cooper, et al.......the slickest, most devious plan....TO PUT JUDITH MILLER IN JAIL!!!
The evil cabal consisted of me, Teddy, UpChuck, and Hillacrap. I've cut a deal, and I'm testifying!
This is all about destroying ROve as a future help to other Republicans seeking the White House.
What if:
What if two reporters wanted to set up Karl Rove because they needed a source for their article. Reporter 1 tells Rove about a rumor that a wife who worked for the CIA who pulled strings for her hubby.
Reporter 2, knowing what reporter 1 said calls Karl Rove and repeats the rumor seeking a confirmation. When Rove agrees he heard the same rumor reporter 2 uses him as a source.
Interesting way to create an administrative source to information. I bet its been used before.
but y'know the lemmings won't be deterred , you heard that sorry spectacle on the Senate floor yesterday
Joe Wilson will never find another job other than for a kooky demz who doesn't care about credibility. Put a fork in him. He is done.