Rove's attorney declined to say whether Rove knew Plame was covert analyst

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At the same time, Luskin declined to say whether Rove knew that Plame was a covert agent, even if he did not know her name, which analysts said was a crucial factor in determining whether the law was broken.

They also said that although Rove asserted he did not intend to disclose her identity, a jury might find otherwise based on other factors, such as whether he discussed Plame, even anonymously, with other reporters.

<>Fitzgerald's precise interest in Cooper's conversation with Rove is unknown. Time had turned over Cooper's notes, but Fitzgerald said that was insufficient. Cooper agreed to discuss the case last week, after Fitzgerald threatened to imprison him for refusing to testify about his dealings with an anonymous source, now acknowledged to be Rove. Several days after Novak's column was published, Cooper helped write an article for Time's website that said "administration officials" had told Time that Plame was a CIA official.