Rove-Bush Conspiracy Noose Tightens (Ongoing Conspiracy)

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Despite a furious Republican counter-attack to save Karl Rove, new evidence points to George W. Bush’s political guru having joined in a White House criminal conspiracy to punish former Ambassador Joseph Wilson for criticizing Bush’s use of intelligence on Iraq.

A key Republican defense of Rove has been that the White House deputy chief of staff only recycled rumors from reporters in 2003 when he told other reporters about Wilson’s wife, Valerie Plame, and her covert identity as a CIA officer who worked to contain the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

But two new facts contradict that assertion and show that Rove was coordinating his leaks about Plame with officials in Bush’s National Security Council and Vice President Dick Cheney’s office.


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What’s been overlooked, however, is another part of Cooper’s account. Cooper said his notes reveal that Rove then added that “material was going to be declassified in the coming days that would cast doubt on Wilson’s mission and his findings.” In ending the conversation, Rove said, “I’ve already said too much,” according to Cooper.

Rove’s assertion that he knew about plans to declassify material on Wilson indicates that Rove was not just a loose-lipped talker repeating stuff he’d heard from reporters, but he was a participant in internal White House discussions about how to counteract Wilson’s criticisms by releasing then-secret information.

more;http://www.consortiumnews.com/2005/071805.html

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