[grondram]

Rove's lawyer isn't really helping things with statements like this (at least I dont think it helps)

The lawyer for top White House adviser Karl Rove says that Time reporter Matthew Cooper "burned" Rove after a conversation between the two men concerning former ambassador Joseph Wilson's fact-finding mission to Niger and the role Wilson's wife, CIA employee Valerie Plame, played in arranging that trip. Nevertheless, attorney Robert Luskin says Rove long ago gave his permission for all reporters, including Cooper, to tell prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald about their conversations with Rove.

Maybe it does help because it implies it wasnt Rove who gave last minute permission.

[Alia]

Karl Rove got "burned". What this means? Not that Karl Rove said anything about Plame; but that when issue B in that phone call Miller made to Karl Rove was brought up (Niger); Karl Rove went out of his way to simply advise Cooper to not believe everything he hears -- that there was surely a larger story about the Niger event.

Ergo, Karl Rove got "burned" through trying to be helpful on a matter not at all directly related to PLAME in the phone call. And Cooper, and mad, mad, mad, mad liberal MSM (and their Democrat shills) trying to twist this story into something it is not.

[Alia]

oops..."Not that Karl Rove said anything about Plame; but that when issue B in that phone call Miller "...make that...

Not that Karl Rove said anything about Plame; but that when issue B in that phone call COOPER made to Rove...