Democratic National Committee: What Did Rove Know and When Did He Know It?

[maddezmom]

36 minutes ago

To: National Desk


Contact: Karen Finney of the Office of the Democratic National Committee, 202-863-8148; Web: http://www.democrats.org


WASHINGTON, July 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a release of the Democratic National Committee:


At the White House briefing today, Scott McClellan repeatedly stonewalled legitimate questions from reporters about his earlier assertions - now proven false - that Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove was not involved in the illegal disclosure of a CIA operative's identity. According to reports this morning, Karl Rove had detailed conversations about Valerie Plame's classified, national security responsibilities with at least one political reporter.


"Karl Rove and his high priced lawyers might disagree, but the truth is Rove betrayed the identity of an undercover officer fighting on the front lines in the war on terror. These actions are particularly egregious in a time of war," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. " President Bush should demonstrate his commitment to the war on terror by holding his own people accountable. It is disturbing that this high ranking Bush Advisor is not only still working in the White House, but now has a significant role in setting our National Security policy."


See below for a new document from DNC research:


Until recently, Karl Rove had denied even knowing Valerie Plame's name. Then, after the release of emails from Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper revealing the name of the White House source, Rove's lawyer confirmed that Rove did speak with reporters about the case. Now, previously secret Time emails reveal that Rove did indeed leak to Cooper information about "Wilson's wife"-Plame. Rove had a short conversation with Time reporter Matthew Cooper on July 11, 2003, three days before Robert D. Novak publicly exposed Plame in a column about her husband, Joseph Wilson. This new evidence raises a host of new unanswered questions.

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[NWHarkness]

1. Hmm...

The story shows no votes on the ratings. I voted it a 5, but it still shows no votes. I'm signed on to Yahoo, too.

[TahitiNut]

3. It's a Press Release.

:shrug: No voting is kept -- it doesn't feed the tills.

[4_Legs_Good]

2. Let's not stop at Rove...

We need to know when George Jr. knew and why he didn't take action earlier. (Answer: He knew on day 1)

david

[maddezmom]

6. and what is Cheney's role?

[kestrel91316]

8. Hell, * not only knew .........

he ordered Rove to spill the beans. Either that, or Cheney put the idea in *s pea brain.

[habitual]

15. I AGREE

I think that the next serious question that needs to be answered of this administration is this:

Why did BUSH pretend not to know who did this? Did he not ask KARL ROVE if he knew anything and :

A> If he did not, he lied about wanting to get to the bottom of it
B> If he did, what was Karl Rove's Answer

We all know that he knew all along, he had to, so why is he not the target of even more rage than ROVE??

OKOK let's cut one tree at a time.!!!

TIMBER!

[Mister Mark]

4. hee hee!

Just received an email from John Kerry titled, "Rove Has To Go". :bounce:

[WhiteTara]

12. good for Kerry

and welcome to DU
:hi:

[newyawker99]

14. Hi Mister Mark!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[rocktivity]

5. More to the point, what was he QUALIFIED to know?

He was an advisor at the time, not an official cabinet member like now. What business did he have getting information about Plame? AND WHO GAVE IT TO HIM???

:headbang:
rocknation

P.S. Welcome to DU, Mister Mark! :hi:

[Mister Mark]

10. Thanks, rocknation

Actually, I've been around for awhile under the name "siliconefreak". The DU Admins wouldn't let me change my name, so I had to create a new account. :(

[dalloway]

7. DU this article, folks. O votes right now. n/t

[Beetwasher]

9. TREASON TREASON TREASON TREASON

Shout it from the fucking rooftops.

[burrowowl]

11. DUH!

And WHO told ROVE!
And WHEN is the DNC going to grow some brass Balls!
The Black Caucus already has a lot of Bress Ovaries!

[truthisfreedom]

13. Tokyo Rove is going down, baby! 8^) now the Dems must stay on message

every day for the next few months until Rove is history, and the people who told him are history, and the people involved in orchestrating all of this TREASONOUS activity are history.