Karl Rove Leaked CIA Name
Looks like Karl Rove has shown us once again how Bush and his crew plan on handling things.
Karl Rove Named As Source Of CIA Name Leak
So,… when will he be tried for treason?
Karl Rove has commited an act that has landed others in prison. Karl Rove has commited treason.
Cooper Documents Reveal Karl Rove as CIA Leak
Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal court, presumably revealing who its reporter, Matt Cooper, identified as his source in the Valerie Plame/CIA case, speculation runs rampant on the name of that source, and what might happen to him or her. Friday night, on the syndicated McLaughlin Group political talk show, Lawrence O’Donnell, senior MSNBC political analyst, claimed to know that name–and it is, according to him, top White House mastermind Karl Rove.
Today, O’Donnell went further, writing a brief entry at the Huffington Post blog:
“I revealed in yesterday’s taping of the McLaughlin Group that Time magazine’s e-mails will reveal that Karl Rove was Matt Cooper’s source. I have known this for months but didn’t want to say it at a time that would risk me getting dragged into the grand jury.
“McLaughlin is seen in some markets on Friday night, so some websites have picked it up, including Drudge, but I don’t expect it to have much impact because McLaughlin is not considered a news show and it will be pre-empted in the big markets on Sunday because of tennis.
“Since I revealed the big scoop, I have had it reconfirmed by yet another highly authoritative source. Too many people know this. It should break wide open this week. I know Newsweek is working on an ‘It’s Rove!’ story and will probably break it tomorrow.”
This news should be spread. Karl Rove needs to answer for this.
Schumer Demands Karl Rove Speak Up
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, called Sunday for Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove to personally deny leaking the name of a CIA official.
Saturday, Rove’s lawyer, Robert Luskin told The Washington Post Rove had not disclosed the name of Valerie Plame to Newsweek in a 2003 interview.
Sunday, Schumer, who led the push for a Congressional inquiry into the leak, issued a challenge for Rove to speak for himself.
“We’ve heard it from his lawyer, but it would be nice to hear it directly from Mr. Rove that he didn’t leak the identity of Valerie Plame, and that he didn’t direct anyone else to do such a dastardly thing,” Schumer said in a statement. “I have said from the first day … whoever leaked the classified information should be punished to the full extent of the law.”
The full extent of the law.