I guess we can now all sit back and wait for Rove's explanation as to how

[Guaranteed]

leaking Plame's name was actually IN the interest of our national security, and thus perfectly acceptable under the laughable Unitary Executive Theory.

That's the corner he's being put into.

The evidence is coming out that it happened, and that the whole administration was in on it. He'll either have to justify it, or surrender.

[blm]

1. Of course - It's the GOP post 9-11 thinking that we NEED to out CIA agents

working on locating enemies trying to secure WMDs.

[JohnnyRingo]

2. It'll get more twisted...

Since he denied knowledge later of how the press got the info, he'll have to say that he immediately classified the declassification for national sec.

[n2doc]

3. Oh it is more simple than that

*'s sycophants will spout the crap that " He had the power to declassify her, and then re-classify afterwords. There's NOTHING he can do that is illegal." It is already happening. For once, however, he can be hung by his own petard on his own words. Since he has already stated that he can break the law and get away with it, the only thing that can be done is to keep reminding folks about how he LIED (yes, LIED, no weasel words about it) about not knowing who leaked Plame's name to the press. Ain't no weaseling out of this one. Just keep working towards retaking the house so Impeach the Bas**rd

[David Zephyr]

4. Yep.

"It wasn't a 'leak', but an intentional informative outreach to the American public. That's why we never could find the 'leaker' because there wasn't one. When we said 'no one leaked' we were telling the truth."

Still, this will only wash with the cult audience at Fox News who are spoon-fed their daily "truths". The rest of the nation, even those who don't understand the complex story behind Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson will get the bigger picture: George Bush took revenge on a CIA agent because her husband exposed Bush's intentional deception regarding WMD in Iraq in order to make his illegal war. Bush and Cheney paid back Joe Wilson and exposed his wife in the CIA for calling them out for lying to the nation about Saddam Hussein.

More importantly, our soldiers and Marines are following this story, regardless of the complexity of it, and they are really souring on this President and Vice President. That does not bode well for Republicans and this Administration.

If Rove is indicted, this Administration will begin to come apart at the seams and I'd look for a resignation by Cheney for "health" reasons (even over the objections of Lynne Cheney) and for John McCain to step into that position since he's working his little ass off for it right now.