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What will be the results of the current controversy regarding the alleged leaking of the name of a CIA operative back in '03, and related ongoing investigation?
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Karl Rove should get fired but he won't
MadelynIris said:
Can you explain to me why you think he should get fired?
He committed no criminal acts.
Seems like you guys are missing the point here.
Dreadsox said:If what I am reading this morning is accurate....
Rove did nothing wrong.....
it will still be true that White House actions compromised a CIA asset during a time of war
MadelynIris said:
Again - where are you getting this from?
MadelynIris said:The abuse of power was some partison CIA agents authorizing investigations, getting the results they wanted, not letting anyone know about the investigation until they deemed appropriate.
Bluer White said:The root of the problem is a CIA operative sending her own HUSBAND overseas on a mission. I work in a non-sensitive position in the government, and even there a husband/wife working relationship does not fly. Too much opportunity for scuttle butt.
To make the situation even messier, the former ambassador seems to have an obvious political agenda.
No, no, no, where are YOU getting your info from?
In an account of his testimony published on Sunday, Mr Cooper said that neither Mr Libby nor Mr Rove revealed the name of the agent, nor did they mention her covert status. But the White House had previously denied that either man spoke to reporters about the issue. Mr Cooper also told NBC News on Sunday that there might have been other sources as well for the stories.
Originally posted by VertigoGal unfortunately Judith Miller is sitting in jail right now...
Originally posted by Bluer White The root of the problem is a CIA operative sending her own HUSBAND overseas on a mission.
Time reporter Rove was first source on CIA agent
Sun Jul 17, 2005 10:44 AM ET
By Randall Mikkelsen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House political aide Karl Rove was the first person to tell a Time magazine reporter that the wife of a prominent critic of the Bush administration's Iraq policy was a CIA agent, the reporter said in an article on Sunday.
Time correspondent Matthew Cooper said he told a grand jury last week that Rove told him the woman worked at the "agency," or CIA, on weapons of mass destruction issues, and ended the call by saying "I've already said too much."
He said Rove did not disclose the woman's name, Valerie Plame, but told him information would be declassified that would cast doubt on the credibility of her husband, former diplomat Joseph Wilson, who had charged the Bush administration with exaggerating the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction programs in making its case for war.
"So did Rove leak Plame's name to me, or tell me she was covert? No. Was it through my conversation with Rove that I learned for the first time that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA and may have been responsible for sending him? Yes. Did Rove say that she worked at the 'agency' on 'WMD'? Yes," Cooper wrote in Time's current edition.
"When he said things would be declassified soon, was that itself impermissible? I don't know. Is any of this a crime? Beats me," Cooper wrote.
He also wrote that he was not certain what Rove meant by commenting he had already said too much.
Bluer White said:The root of the problem is a CIA operative sending her own HUSBAND overseas on a mission. I work in a non-sensitive position in the government, and even there a husband/wife working relationship does not fly. Too much opportunity for scuttle butt.
Bluer White said:
To make the situation even messier, the former ambassador seems to have an obvious political agenda.
VertigoGal said:
yeah, that's the impression I'm getting too. unfortunately Judith Miller is sitting in jail right now, and there's probably not even a very strong case against the guy.
nbcrusader said:If ROVE is the source, why is Miller keeping silent. Unless, of course, someone ELSE was involved.
Any takers on that question?
nbcrusader said:If ROVE is the source, why is Miller keeping silent. Unless, of course, someone ELSE was involved.
Any takers on that question?
deep said:
well,
with Matt Cooper the claim is that he called and Rove did not mention any names
this Miller pretty much carried the Administration's water for Iraq war and WMD claims
she has a history of a some sort with information from ???
you may have missed her stuff
it was in the NYT