Scrutiny Grows Over Rove's Role in Leak Probe

[blitzburgh55]

By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 17, 2005; 6:24 PM

White House senior adviser Karl Rove, after telling Time reporter Matthew Cooper in 2003 that the wife of an administration critic worked for the CIA, closed the conversation by noting "I've already said too much," Cooper said today in recounting his testimony before a federal grand jury.

While that comment appeared to indicate the sensitive nature of the conversation, which is now under scrutiny by a special prosecutor investigating the leak of Valerie Plame's name, Rove said nothing about Plame being a covert operative, according to Cooper. The conversation took place days after Plame's husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson IV, accused the White House of twisting evidence on whether Iraq had been seeking weapons of mass destruction.

Cooper's account, in the new issue of Time magazine, came as Republicans ratcheted up their defense of Rove and criticism of Democrats who have called for his ouster, even as the White House remained firmly in no-comment mode.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/17/AR2005071700755.html

[Skittles]

1. LOL - poor ol' Karl really stepped in it this time, didn't he

MORE POPCORN PLEASE

[blitzburgh55]

3. I know this is getting good

:popcorn: :popcorn:

[The Doctor.]

2. Yes, the 'ignorance' defense won't keep him out of the

pile of sh** he created.

The legal term is 'negligence', I believe.

[Zen Democrat]

4. Kurtz is leaving out one very pertinent comment according to Cooper

and that is: Rove told him that the information would be declassified soon. Why doesn't Kurtz see this and put two and two together. If the info would be declassified soon ... it was classified then.

Kurtz is still shilling for the White House. Or is he just stupid?

[Cha]

5. kurtz is a STUPID SHILL

for the wh.