"The conversation between Mr. Novak and Mr. Rove seemed almost certain to intensify the question about whether one of Mr. Bush's closest political advisers play"
This is hilarious! How the NYT tells its readers to think opposite of the information given!
What the article intensifies is who is the "not a partisan gunslinger" and who the reporters who told Rove are! Judith Miller?
The Left's rabid hatred of Rove and Bush has contorted their positioning to the ludicrous point where they're "outraged" at the outing of a CIA desk jockey, when they hate the CIA almost as much as they do Bush. They're unwittingly paraphrasing a line from the brilliant "Animal House" "He can't do that to our agents. Only we can do that to our agents."
I'm thinking so
Kenobi: "You don't need to see our identification."
Stormtrooper: "We don't need to see their identification."
Kenobi: "These aren't the droids you're looking for."
Stormtrooper: "These aren't the droids you're looking for."
Kenobi: "The evidence that Rove was not the source seems almost certain to intensify the quiestion about whether one of Mr. Bush's closest political advisors--"
Stormtrooper: "What?!"
Kenobi: "MoveOn."
Stormtrooper: "WHAT?"
Kenobi: "Move along."
Stormtrooper: "Move along."
The is amazing, isn't it? Completely backa$$wards!