Editor & Publisher has posted a report that says Newsweek is working on an "It's Rove" story about the source of the leak that blew Valerie Plame's cover as a CIA operative. The leak could have compromised the national security of the United States which could legally be considered a treasonous offense.
Karl Rove, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, is the mastermind behind the political career of George W. Bush.
Valerie Plame is the wife of Joseph Wilson III, former Ambassador to Iraq. Before the war in Iraq, Wilson publicly debunked allegations that Iraq was seeking yellow-cake uranium -- an ingredient of nuclear weapons. Some have speculated that Plame's exposure was retaliation for Wilson's undermining the current administration's case for going to war with Iraq.
2 comments:
Greg,
I'm not sure that it is an answer to your prayer, but I would consider it poetic justice.
It looks like Newsweek disappointed a bit. And the Washington Post tonight quotes Rove's lawyer saying he was assured just last week that Rove wasn't a target.
It looks like O'Donnell was talking out of his you-know-what again. Not the first time.
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