Newest Rove Revelation: Legally Harmful Smoking Gun?

[brettdale]

Newest Rove Revelation: Legally Harmful Smoking Gun?

A new Newsweek story fingers Bush political right-hand-man Karl Rove as at least one person who told a reporter that Joe Wilson's wife worked as a CIA agent.

But now the prevailing question is: did Rove's alleged role and the way he allegedly played it fall under the detailed law or will this be a case of something that may be politically reprehensible — but not actually unlawful. And, if that's the case, what (if anything) will President George Bush do in light of his own previous comments?


http://www.themoderatevoice.com/posts/1121036062.shtml

[raysr]

1. Still lied to a Grand Jury

[DefenseLawyer]

2. It's always the coverup that brings them down

in political scandals, although in this case, unlike most, the actual crime IS worse than the coverup. Nonetheless, perjury and obstruction of justice are still the quicksand beneath the feet of the political felon.

[aquart]

3. Outing an intelligence asset is a no-no

BushCo wants us to forget it wasn't only Plame, but the CIA front she worked for, which was destroyed as an asset. How much taxpayer money does it cost to create a plausible front company? How much time (taxpayer funded) and effort (taxpayer funded) did it take to build that company into an international player? Poof! All gone. Start from scratch (taxpayer funded).

Rove works for the White House. If he knew she worked for the CIA, then he knew he shouldn't be discussing where she works. Period.