Posted on 07/04/2005 3:17:36 PM PDT by STARWISE
Karl Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, had his holiday weekend ruined on Friday when I broke the story that the e-mails that Time delivered to the special prosecutor that afternoon reveal that Karl Rove is the source Matt Cooper has been protecting for two years.
The next day, Luskin was forced to open the first hole in the Rove two-year wall of silence about the case. In a huge admission to Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times, Luskin confessed that, well, yes, Rove did talk to Cooper. It is a huge admission in a case where Rove and Luskin have never, before Friday, felt compelled to say a word about Rove's contact with Cooper or anyone else involved in the case.
Luskin then launched what sounds like an I-did-not-inhale defense. He told Newsweek that his client "never knowingly disclosed classified information." Knowingly. That is the most important word Luskin said in what has now become his public version of the Rove defense.
Not coincidentally, the word 'knowing' is the most important word in the controlling statute ( U.S. Code: Title 50: Section 421). To violate the law, Rove had to tell Cooper about a covert agent "knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such covert agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such covert agent's intelligence relationship to the United States."
So, Rove's defense now hangs on one word—he "never knowingly disclosed classified information." Does that mean Rove simply didn't know Valerie Plame was a covert agent? Or does it just mean that Rove did not know that the CIA was "taking affirmative measures" to hide her identity?
In Luskin's next damage control session with the press, let's see if any reporter can get him to drop the word 'knowingly' from the never-disclosed-classified-information bit.
This guy sounds like a nut right off DU. He doesn't realize how cruel he is being to the DU wackos. They have been whipping themselves into a fury about the prospect of the Evil Genius Rove being busted, and this idiot is throwing gasoline on their little campfire. When nothing happens to Rove they will go into major meltdown about the all-powerful Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. I predict that O'Donnell is contributing to several more of the inevitable nervous breakdowns and suicides that will ensue when the Rove storm hits the wall.
I still can't believe Drudge had this clown on his show last night. If Rove leaked the name, we would have heard about it right away....particularly during the election season.
Here's a question: why do supposedly savvy Democratic political operatives waste their time ranting about Karl Rove? He's only doing a job that they themselves probably want to do. Professional jealousy?
I don't have a problem with what Rove's lawyer said. He stated very clearly that Rove did not talk to Cooper PRIOR to the Novak article, but rather AFTER the Novak article. So he obviously didn't blow anyone's cover.
O'Donnell is just spouting more Dem propaganda. He neglects to mention that key point which the lawyer made. You really wonder why MSNBC doesn't censure him. He's grossly misrepresenting what Rove's lawyer said by omitting that key point.
LOL Priceless!!
now he is just ignoring what is being said to fit Rove into his HE DID IT thinking.
See the meltdown here...
http://homepage.mac.com/rlmorel/iMovieTheater49.html
Did Drudge challenge him or let him rant?
I think we should keep track of O'Donnell, and see how long it is before he is arrested for possession of cocaine. He certainly acts like he has the habit. Probably scored some from Aaron.
Re your post #23 - see my post #12 link for verification of what you said about Rove signing a waiver. Funny how Lawrence never mentions that...
ROTFLMAO... and, what's astonishing, is that it is so easy to prove him wrong. It's not a secret what people here on FR have been posting about this matter. Still, he wants the world HIS way, no matter what the facts or truth may be! I feel sorry for the DU posters who are being misled by him.
bump
O'Donnell has behaved really out of control for the last two years, maybe longer. Accusatory statements, hate speech, and attributions of bad-faith against many elected American leaders. He really does need help, I believe. His managers at WSJ should rein him in for awhile.
The only thing I'm sure of is that she was outed before she was outed. Who outed her and when is a question for the pros here on FR. Meanwhile, I'm outa here.
He also omits to mention that Rove's lawyer, and CNN International, both said the federal investigator confirmed Rove is NOT the target of this investigation. In light of that, Lassie O'Donnell really seems to be beating a dead horse here (no offense to the real Lassie or any horse).
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