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Jul. 15th, 2005 10:02 amSo, there's still no solid info on the whole Plame-Rove thing, but the latest leaks seem to be making Rove look like he's actually a victim in this. Novak called Rove after hearing from another source about Plame. A few days later, Cooper called Rove, chatted him up about welfare reform, then hit Rove with false information that Cheney and Tenet sent Wilson to Niger. Rove told Cooper the truth -- that Cooper was wrong, Wilson's wife set up the trip, and Wilson was lying about who sent him. I can understand Wilson wanting to protect his wife's identity, but why lie about Cheney and Tenet, and not toss it off to some nameless department in the CIA?
Now, the democrats (and some republicans, and a whole lot of independents) can't stand Karl Rove. The calling for his resignation and security clearance is getting a little shrill lately, because his downfall was almost certain for a while there. I think it's going to backfire on the dems in a big way, especially when the full report gets out. If there is a well established chain of evidence that Rove was just a second source, that he was told about Plame's identity from two separate reporters and didn't know it himself, that he was actually trying to help Cooper not publish a lie from Wilson (and, thus, help Cheney rather than burn Plame), then the dems are going to be perceived as falsely convicting Rove purely out of bitter political reasons -- which is exactly what they're accusing Rove of doing to Wilson and Plame.
One thing about this still bugs me. It's pretty well established in the rumor-mill that Rove was the one who waived confidentiality for Cooper (which, apparently, was not a dramatic last minute thing, but a silly procedural thing -- on the day before Cooper was to be sent to jail, Cooper's lawyer asked Rove's lawyer to waive the confidentiality, and Rove's lawyer assumed that Cooper already had it, signed another piece of paper, and voila). So....who is the other source? The one that started the whole thing? Miller is in jail for not revealing her source. We can assume it wasn't Rove, as Rove has publicly waived his confidentiality, twice. Novak called Rove to confirm, and so Rove is one of the two sources Novak used. Who else did Miller and Novak talk to? Who started this whole thing rolling?
Now, the democrats (and some republicans, and a whole lot of independents) can't stand Karl Rove. The calling for his resignation and security clearance is getting a little shrill lately, because his downfall was almost certain for a while there. I think it's going to backfire on the dems in a big way, especially when the full report gets out. If there is a well established chain of evidence that Rove was just a second source, that he was told about Plame's identity from two separate reporters and didn't know it himself, that he was actually trying to help Cooper not publish a lie from Wilson (and, thus, help Cheney rather than burn Plame), then the dems are going to be perceived as falsely convicting Rove purely out of bitter political reasons -- which is exactly what they're accusing Rove of doing to Wilson and Plame.
One thing about this still bugs me. It's pretty well established in the rumor-mill that Rove was the one who waived confidentiality for Cooper (which, apparently, was not a dramatic last minute thing, but a silly procedural thing -- on the day before Cooper was to be sent to jail, Cooper's lawyer asked Rove's lawyer to waive the confidentiality, and Rove's lawyer assumed that Cooper already had it, signed another piece of paper, and voila). So....who is the other source? The one that started the whole thing? Miller is in jail for not revealing her source. We can assume it wasn't Rove, as Rove has publicly waived his confidentiality, twice. Novak called Rove to confirm, and so Rove is one of the two sources Novak used. Who else did Miller and Novak talk to? Who started this whole thing rolling?
