This is so ridiculous! Where have you been??? There was NO CRIME committed even if Rove did mention her name, because she was NOT a covert agent and hadn't been for at least 4 or 5 years. She was more than happy to tell everyone that she worked for the CIA, it was common knowledge.
Rove is not the target of the grand jury investigation and Miller would never go to jail to protect him. Miller was already in trouble for refusing to reveal a source inside the CIA. It is very possible that this is the same source or related to that source.
And he didn't mention that she was covert. THAT would have been a crime. He may not have even KNOWN it himself.
I've been reading some ridiculous assertions on this thread that identifying a person by the appellation Joe Wilson's wife is somehow different from identifying them as Valerie Plame. It is crystal clear to me that the identification of exactly who sent Joe Wilson on a mission to Africa was communicated by Mr. Rove assuming the reporter's email as published is correct. That's not a statement about whether a crime was committed. I don't particularly like Clintonian dissembling by anyone, liberal or conservative.
"This is so ridiculous! Where have you been??? There was NO CRIME committed even if Rove did mention her name, because she was NOT a covert agent and hadn't been for at least 4 or 5 years."
I read on another thread that she was pulled back form the field in 1994 due to the Aldrich Ames fallout. That would mean she hadn't been covert for eight years. The parameters for breaking the law is within a period of 5 years.
Additionally, a couple of weeks ago the buzz was that there had been no law broken and that the investigation should be killed.... The Dems also tried to sneak a measure into a bill killing funding for the investigation.
Seems to me the whole matter has taken a 90 degree turn toward the Dems and they are desperately trying to get the investigation killed. I hope the Whitehouse doesn't blink.