“Rove was the secret source," traitor
“This new evidence does show that Rove -- despite his lawyers claim that Rove did not tell any reporter that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA -- did reveal to Cooper in a deep-background conversation that Wilson's wife was in the CIA.”
It was 11:07 on a Friday morning, July 11, 2003, and Time magazine correspondent Matt Cooper was tapping out an e-mail to his bureau chief, Michael Duffy.
"Subject: Rove/P&C," (for personal and confidential), Cooper began. "Spoke to Rove on double super secret background for about two mins before he went on vacation ..." Cooper proceeded to spell out some guidance on a story that was beginning to roil Washington. He finished, "please don't source this to rove or even WH [White House]" and suggested another reporter check with the CIA.
"Subject: Rove/P&C," (for personal and confidential), Cooper began. "Spoke to Rove on double super secret background for about two mins before he went on vacation ..." Cooper proceeded to spell out some guidance on a story that was beginning to roil Washington. He finished, "please don't source this to rove or even WH [White House]" and suggested another reporter check with the CIA.
Though “nothing in the Cooper e-mail suggests that Rove used Plame's name or knew she was a covert operative,” you get an idea of “what was unfolding at the highest levels as the administration defended a part of its case for going to war in Iraq.”
[T]his is proof that the Bush White House was using any information it could gather on Joseph Wilson--even classified information related to national security - to pursue a vendetta against Wilson, a White House critic. Even if it turns out Rove did not break the law regarding the naming of intelligence officials, this new disclosure could prove Rove guilty of leaking a national security secret to a reporter for political ends. What would George W. Bush do about that?
Oh please oh please oh please...
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