Does A Felon Rove The White House?

[eablair3]

Not a lot new in this one, but seems like a real good summary of the events so far. Plus, I liked the title!

edit: I did note the Intell Act discussion, which makes it a felony for an official or non-official to disclose CIA identities. Why wouldn't Novak be guilty here?
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Published on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 by Democracy Now!

Does A Felon Rove The White House?

by Amy Goodman and Jeremy Scahill

Allegations are swirling that Karl Rove, senior political adviser to President George W. Bush, may have committed a felony by blowing the cover of a CIA operative. CIA Director George Tenet has called on the Justice Department to investigate but the White House said Monday that "President George W. Bush has no plans to ask his staff members whether they played a role." And what makes this story even more remarkable is how seriously the Bush family has viewed outing intelligence operatives in the past.

The man at the center of this firestorm is Joseph Wilson, the retired U.S. diplomat who debunked the White House's key evidence that Saddam Hussein was rebuilding his nuclear program.

Two weeks ago Democracy Now! aired Wilson's comments before a suburban Seattle audience that he believes Bush's closest aide, Karl Rove, told reporters that Wilson's wife was a CIA agent.

At the forum Wilson declared, "At the end of the day, it's of keen interest to me to see whether or not we can get Karl Rove frog-marched out of White House in handcuffs." Wilson added, "And trust me when I use that name, I measure my words."

Wilson told Democracy Now!, "I have reason to believe that it was the political office that at a minimum confirmed it and the political office was Karl Rove.It was a reporter who told me it was Karl Rove and that's as far as I want to go right now."

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According to Ray McGovern, a retired CIA analyst who worked under Bush Sr. at both the CIA and the White House, "The Intelligence Identities Protection Act was made draconian, it was made very, very specific, automatic penalties that would accrue to both officials and non-officials-anyone who knowingly disclosed the identity of a CIA agent or officer." The penalty: fines of up to $50,000 and imprisonment of up to 10 years.

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There is a scandal brewing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue that if treated properly by the Department of Justice and elected officials could prove to be one of the clearest cases of documentable criminal conduct and blatant lies by an administration since Watergate and the Iran-Contra scandal.

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0930-02.htm

[RobertSeattle]

1. I enjoy the Rove puns

contROVErsy
Can't spell OVER without ROVE!
Red Rove(R), Red Rove(R), send a fall guy over!

[Richardo]

2. Anagram: Lark Over!

Pack your bags for the big house...