Rove to quit if indicted

[lovuian]

Karl Rove plans to resign as President Bush's senior adviser if he is indicted in the CIA leak case.

Time Magazine reports White House officials say Rove and I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff -- both at the center of the federal investigation -- will resign to minimize damage to the administration.

Both Rove and Libby have testified before a grand jury investigating who leaked the name of CIA agent Valerie Wilson -- also known by her maiden name Valerie Plame -- to the press.

Former ambassador Joseph Wilson was an outspoken critic of Bush's assertions on Saddam Hussein's quest for weapons of mass destruction. He says the leak of his wife's name was an attack on him.

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[Xipe Totec]

1. Hemlock is the traditional remedy n/t

[tridim]

2. Bush's new propaganda backdrop

"Minimizing the damage"

BushCo is so freaking over.

[marmar]

5. To an end his rule has come?

... and not short enough it was.

:toast:

[salvorhardin]

3. Not that I wouldn't like to see this, but look at the source

This is from UPI which is owned by the Moonies. Not exactly credible.

Original source: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051016-054045-8836r
A little about Moon and UPI: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/05/17/helen_thomas_resigns_as_moonies

[Der Blaue Engel]

6. Keith Olbermann reported the same thing was said in Time Magazine n/t

[salvorhardin]

7. Ah! OK, thanks!

Thanks for the info. That's good to know, and oddly enough makes me feel better. I'd really like to see these bozos go down.

Incidentally, it kind of looks like UPI was cribbing the Time Magazine story. They seem remarkably similar.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1118313,00.html

[drb]

4. Then Rove can start a high-paying deal on eBay selling....

...national security secrets to the enemy, no doubt.

Treasonous scum!

[OhNoTheyDidNot]

8. I didn't realize Haliburton's president quit so Rove could take the job

Thats the only reason he would quit - If he can't manipulate problems and hire select companies to fix said problems, then he will stop being the middleman and run one of the said companies. Where are all the politically active snipers these days?

[oregonindy]

9. if he is indicted he should be fired and if he is convicted he

should be hung for being traitor. no ifs, ands or buts....now matter how many people outed plame they should all be brought to justice.