Novak revealed Plame's identity in his July 2003 column...Rove question...

[ElsewheresDaughter]

Novak revealed Plame's identity in his July 2003 column, right? Why then was Rove wearing a button “I'm a Source, Not a Target” in June 2003 at Novak’s anniversary party, a month before the piece was printed?

one newspaper where it appeared
http://www.ftimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=28384&TM=32713.35



In this photograph taken in June 2003, Karl Rove, senior advisor to President Bush and Robert Novak are pictured together at a party marking the 40th anniversary of Novak's newspaper column at the Army Navy Club in Washington DC. At the event a number of people wore buttons reading, 'I'm a source, not a target.' Rove is at the center of a controversy about the leaking of a CIA operative's identity which originally appeared in Novak's newspaper column. (AP Photo/Lauren Shay)

[goclark]

1. Yea, what was that crao about- they are both criminals nt

[acmejack]

2. Through the magic of Photoshop?

Image properties: File change date and time: 2005:07:20 13:06:13
Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0

[ElsewheresDaughter]

3. no this was an official AP Photo with remarks stating "that this picture

was taken in June 2003 at Novak's 40th anniversity party of his column at the Army Navy Club in DC" and "that several people were wearing these buttons"

NOT a photoshop!

found exact AP statement that accompanied the photo: "In this photograph taken in June 2003, Karl Rove, senior advisor to President Bush and Robert Novak are pictured together at a party marking the 40th anniversary of Novak's newspaper column at the Army Navy Club in Washington DC. At the event a number of people wore buttons reading, "I'm a source, not a target." Rove is at the center of a controversy about the leaking of a CIA operative's identity which originally appeared in Novak's newspaper column. (AP Photo/Lauren Shay)"

[KoKo]

6. Rove is supposedly know for being a jokester/trickster. He probably had

these buttons made up and thought they were funny...he didn't know how "funny" it was going to be later for him. Prophetic?

[Luminous Animal]

4. It's Novak's term

It's how he characterizes his political writings. Some people are sources and some people are targets.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. nice try ...but i ain't buying it..here is 1 paper it appeared in.....

http://www.ftimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=28384&TM=32713.35

[Igel]

7. So here's one source:

http://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/content/articles/050321roco02?page=2

"Some glad-hand Novak out of fear or calculation more than affection. At the Army and Navy Club celebration, people wore buttons reading 'I'm a source, not a target'—a nod to Novak's statement that for him people fall into one category or the other."

It may have had a special meaning for him on that occasion, but the language that "people" wore them indicates the button wasn't peculiar to Rove (other sources say 'many people', apparently they were distributed on site).

[KoKo]

8. Kick....this seems very important, btw. Has anyone sent this to

Raw Story?