UK Guardian: Time & NBC reporters finger Rove in Treasongate

[BrendaStarr]

A few days after Mr Wilson went public with his allegations, a conservative columnist, Robert Novak, wrote that he had been told by "two senior administration officials" that Mr Wilson had been sent on the Niger mission at his wife's suggestion.

Reporters at Time magazine and NBC News and a handful of others were also tipped off about Ms Plame, and Democrats claim the source in each case was Mr Rove. According to some accounts, Mr Rove did not mention Ms Plame by name but referred to "Wilson's wife" being a CIA employee.

Mr Novak and the other journalists involved have refused to name their sources. Their lawyers are expected to claim protection from the law under the first amendment of the constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech.

But a 1972 supreme court ruling, Branzburg v Hayes, states "the first amendment does not relieve a newspaper reporter of the obligation that all citizens have to respond to a grand jury subpoena and answer questions relevant to a criminal investigation".

Mr Novak claimed he was told by CIA officials that Ms Plame was an analyst, not a covert operative. But intelligence analysts have argued that the CIA director, George Tenet, would not have called for an inquiry if the identification of Ms Plame had not caused potential damage to national security.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1053191,00.html

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[Caution]

1. in LBN your Subject must be the article title

As much as I would love the guardian to be using the word treason, this isnt the case her.

[Blitz]

2. You should read the article you posted

It specifically says that "Democrats claim the source in each case was Mr Rove (and) "journalists involved have refused to name their sources."

Your post title is inaccurate.

[TahitiNut]

3. locking

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