This all has as much to do with appearance as it does with facts. That's reality and it always has been and Rove knows this as well as anybody. From the beginning I've been nervous that there was a deeper Rove involvement in all of this. The MSM, while often incompetent, is not brain dead. They've known all along they were going to get some mileage out of this and Rove seems to have made a few missteps. I don't believe for one second that Cooper made up the whole bit about wanting a clear release. I think he felt he needed one from Rove and I think he did get it at the last minute. I hate to say it but I'm betting there's more to come.
Spare me your lectures.
This dog and pony show has been staged to divert attention from other elements of this case. When Wilson wrote the op ed for the NY Times, he revealed information that he had gained while representing the CIA. Wilson had no authority to release this information since the CIA had sole authority to assigned a security classification to the material. In short, Wilson committed a criminal act. Sadly, he is like Sandy Berger and will never be called to account. Any common slob that has worked with classified information over their career knows that they would be doing 20 years to life if they pulled the same stunts as these prima donna Democrat operatives.