Leaking incident should mean the end of Rove.....

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...See what readers in Milwaukee think of what KKKarl Rove did and what consequences he should get.


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The Morning Mail
From Journal Sentinel readers
Last Updated: July 16, 2005

KARL ROVE
Leaking incident should mean the end of Rove
In response to the July 13 editorial "Should this leak sink Rove?" the obvious answer is "yes."

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Rove and his attorney may claim plausible deniability by saying he didn't actually divulge Valerie Plame's name, but the Intelligence Protection Act states that the disclosure of "any information identifying (a) covert agent" is illegal. Rove may also attempt to dodge culpability by claiming he didn't know Plame was an agent. However, Time reporter Matt Cooper's e-mail says Rove was speaking on "double super secret background." Why would Rove insist on such a level of confidentiality unless he knew what he was divulging was sensitive information?

All of the evidence points to Rove as a source of the leak. President Bush has previously pledged that he would fire anyone in his administration who was involved in the leak. There are ample grounds for firing Rove, not the least of which is that his recklessness with intelligence information is detrimental to national security. Yet the latest word out of the White House is that Bush has every confidence in Rove.

The question now becomes: "Is Bush a man of his word or not?"

Lynda R. Prout
Milwaukee

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<link> http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/jul05/341288.asp

[bryant69]

1. There it is

Is Bush a man of his word or not - I know the answer and I suspect most of you do to- but it will be interesting to get confirmation.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

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3. Answer, not! But Pappy Bush may step in and take shrub to the

...woodshed for a good thrashing.

[Vincardog]

2. "Is Bush a man of his word or not?" which word? The one when he was

campaigning or the one when he was Selected? OR the one when he was at a safe Town Hall Event? He has been on every side of every issuer of Merit and has NEVER been Wrong.

You have to remember the pResident contradicts himself in side the same speech. The SheepL have such a short attention span it does not matter.

[lumpy]

4. More people than Rove was involved in this

'sweet' scandal. The 'big guns' must have had an inkling of what was going on, no?

[tiptoe]

5. There's more solid grounds -- i.e. besides IIPA -- to prosecute "TB"...See

TB leak "monumental" compared to leak-conviction precedent (not IIPA)

(IIPA = "Intelligence Identities And Protection Act")