Does a Felon Rove the White House? by AmyGoodman, J.Scahill

[protect freedom impeach bush now]

http://www.counterpunch.org/

September 30, 2003

What Are They Hiding?
Does a Felon Rove the White House?
By AMY GOODMAN and JEREMY SCAHILL
(and the Staff of Democracy Now!)

Allegations are swirling that Karl Rove, senior political adviser to President George W. Bush, may have committed a felony by blowing the cover of a CIA operative. CIA Director George Tenet has called on the Justice Department to investigate but the White House said Monday that "President George W. Bush has no plans to ask his staff members whether they played a role." And what makes this story even more remarkable is how seriously the Bush family has viewed outing intelligence operatives in the past.
The man at the center of this firestorm is Joseph Wilson, the retired U.S. diplomat who debunked the White House's key evidence that Saddam Hussein was rebuilding his nuclear program.

Two weeks ago Democracy Now! aired Wilson's comments before a suburban Seattle audience that he believes Bush's closest aide, Karl Rove, told reporters that Wilson's wife was a CIA agent.

At the forum Wilson declared, "At the end of the day, it's of keen interest to me to see whether or not we can get Karl Rove frog-marched out of White House in handcuffs." Wilson added, "And trust me when I use that name, I measure my words."
Wilson told Democracy Now!, "I have reason to believe that it was the political office that at a minimum confirmed it and the political office was Karl RoveIt was a reporter who told me it was Karl Rove and that's as far as I want to go right now."

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[IrateCitizen]

1. A KICK for one of the best reporters out there...

I try to never miss Democracy Now! in the mornings at work.

[realFedUp]

2. Love the headline

Does a felon rove....

[papau]

3. Kerry comment today - rejecting Family Friend/Rove client Ashcroft

President Bush's father called those who expose the names of national security sources 'traitors,'" Kerry said. "And this President Bush needs to start going after any traitors in his midst - and that means more than an inside once-over from his friend - and Karl Rove's client - John Ashcroft."

[damnraddem]

4. But the wider issue is:

whether or not Rove was the one, someone (actually, at least two someones) in the Administration breeched security and thereby committed a felony. Even if Novak is lying about the circumstances of being informed, someone gave him the information, which has since been validated to be true. So what if it wasn't Rove, or can't be shown to be? Dubya should still not be off the hook.

Does anyone have a link to the do-not-disclose law? Who is covered by it? Journalists?