Prez ex-flack lumped with Rove? (Ari Fleischer)

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/328100p-280454c.html

Prez ex-flack
lumped with Rove?



By THOMAS M. DeFRANK
and KENNETH R. BAZINET
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON - The special prosecutor probing the outing of a CIA spy is looking beyond who leaked Valerie Plame's identity, seeking whether White House aides tried to cover their tracks after her name went public, sources told the Daily News.

Along with Bush political guru Karl Rove, the grand jury is investigating what role, if any, ex-White House mouthpiece Ari Fleischer may have played in the revelation that the former covert operative Plame was married to former Ambassador Joe Wilson.

"Ari's name keeps popping up," said one source familiar with special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's probe.

Another source close to the probe added there is renewed interest in Fleischer, "based on Fitzgerald's questions."

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[Bozvotros]

1. Ari is recuperating..

He threw his back out giving himself high fives for the last few months. Now he has to get up and get lawyering like the rest of the "honor and dignity" crowd.

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3. he thought he was home free...

[Sequoia]

5. You can run, but you can't hide cliche.

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8. Oh, so there was another reason for him quitting.

I seem to recall Ari Fleischer submitting his resignation because "he'd spent several decades in public 'service' and wanting to do other things.

Little did I know there was more to the story.

(watching with interest)

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[shelley806]

4. Very good question...Inquiring minds want to know. eom

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6. Peter King is a known liar -

This was a telling story of deceit and cover up as I watched a smirking Prez, trying to show show support for Rove by walking with him yesterday at the White House while TV cameras rolled?

[WhiteTara]

7. that old "want to spend time with my family"

before he goes to jail. Oh Ari we couldn't be happier for you...off to jail, you traitor. Although the penalty for treason is death. We are going to need lots of bullets for this firing squad! Maybe Carlyle Group can provide them.

[Endangered Specie]

9. They should also look into who might have been killed

because of her outing (it does happen).