Froomkin, WP: The Second Source

[steve2470]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/07/15/BL2005071500978.html

By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Friday, July 15, 2005; 1:00 PM

Two newspapers and the Associated Press have stories this morning -- sparked by what appears to be a strategically crafted leak from Karl Rove's camp -- that shed a little more light on the role the president's chief political strategist played in the disclosure of Valerie Plame's CIA affiliation.

Here's what the stories say:


· Rove was apparently the "second source" for Robert Novak's July 14, 2003, column about Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, in which Plame, Wilson's wife, was first outed.

· While Rove was the first source for Time magazine Matthew Cooper's July 17, 2003, story, in neither case was Rove reportedly pushing the Plame angle aggressively.

· And Rove claims that he initially learned about the role of Wilson's wife from a reporter whose name he can't remember -- and then first learned her actual name from Novak.

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[Spinzonner]

1. Poor Karl, caught in someone's dastardly web

:sarcasm:

[writes2000]

2. And IF Miller Told Rove. PERJURY!!!!

He can't remember the reporter's name now?

Methinks Rove is caught. No matter which way he turns, there's an indictment waiting for him.

My fingers are so crossed.