It's official: Rove's stanky fingers all over the Plame leak
Incontinent traitor Bob Novak has confirmed that Karl Rove was his source in identifying covert CIA agent Valerie Plame.
Novak said he is talking now because Patrick Fitzgerald told his lawyer that matters directly relating to Novak has been concluded.Though 'knowingly disclosing the identity of an undercover intelligence agent can bring a federal prison term of up to 10 years under the Intelligence Identities Protection Act,' Rove remains free, unindicted, and with his security clearance intact. He's also officially a flaming liar --
Flashback: Luskin, Rove's lawyer, told Newsweek that Rove "never knowingly disclosed classified information" and that "he did not tell any reporter that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA."
Even the White House denied Karl played any role in the leak:
"If there's a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is," Bush told reporters February 10, 2004. "If the person has violated law, that person will be taken care of."And during the Republican National Convention, Rove told CNN
"And I said it is simply not true. So, I mean, it's public knowledge. I've said that it's not true. And I have spoken with Karl Rove ... He [President Bush]'s aware of what I've said, that there is simply no truth to that suggestion. And I have spoken with Karl about it," then-White House press-tool Scott McClellan said on 9/29/03.
"I didn't know her name and didn't leak her name. This is at the Justice Department. I'm confident that the US Attorney, the prosecutor who's involved in looking at this is going to do a very thorough job of doing a very substantial and conclusive investigation."So what happens now?
Zzzzzzzzzzzzz...Bush, June 10, 2004: (responding to a media question which asked "do you stand by your pledge to fire anyone found to have leaked [Valerie Plame's] name?"): "Yes. And that's up to the US Attorney to find the facts."
Ick.
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