According to MSNBC analyst, Time Inc notes in CIA case reveal Karl Rove as source

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Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal court, presumably revealing who its reporter, Matt Cooper, identified as his source in the Valerie Plame/CIA case, speculation runs rampant on the name of that source, and what might happen to him or her. Friday night, on the syndicated McLaughlin Group political talk show, Lawrence O'Donnell, senior MSNBC political analyst, claimed to know that name--and it is, according to him, top White House mastermind Karl Rove.

Today, O'Donnell went further, writing a brief entry at the Huffington Post blog:

"I revealed in yesterday's taping of the McLaughlin Group that Time magazine's e-mails will reveal that Karl Rove was Matt Cooper's source. I have known this for months but didn't want to say it at a time that would risk me getting dragged into the grand jury.

"McLaughlin is seen in some markets on Friday night, so some websites have picked it up, including Drudge, but I don't expect it to have much impact because McLaughlin is not considered a news show and it will be pre-empted in the big markets on Sunday because of tennis.

"Since I revealed the big scoop, I have had it reconfirmed by yet another highly authoritative source. Too many people know this. It should break wide open this week. I know Newsweek is working on an 'It's Rove!' story and will probably break it tomorrow."

Here is the transcript of O'Donnell's McLaughlin Group remarks:

"What we're going to go to now in the next stage, when Matt Cooper's e-mails, within Time Magazine, are handed over to the grand jury--the ultimate revelation, probably within the week of who his source is.

"I know I'm going to get pulled into the grand jury for saying this but the source of...for Matt Cooper was Karl Rove, and that will be revealed in this document dump that Time magazine's going to do with the grand jury."

Other panelists then joined in discussing whether, if true, this would suggest a perjury rap for Rove, if he told the grand jury he did not leak to Cooper.

Besides his career at a TV journalist, O'Donnell has served as a producer and writer for the series "The West Wing."

According to published reports, Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the case, has interviewed President Bush and Vice President Cheney and called Karl Rove, among others, to testify before the grand jury.

"The breadth of Fitzgerald's inquiry has led to speculation that it has evolved into an investigation of a conspiracy to leak Plame's identity," the Chicago Tribune observed on Friday, "or of an attempt to cover up White House involvement in the leak."

Cooper and New York Times reporter Judith Miller, held in contempt for refusing to name sources, tried Friday to stay out of jail by arguing for home detention instead after Time Inc. surrendered its reporter's notes to a prosecutor.

Miller argued that it was pointless to imprison her because she will never talk. She submitted letters from soldiers and military officers with whom she was embedded during the war in Iraq attesting to that. (Miller's pre-war coverage of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction has drawn much criticism.)

She asked the judge for "very restrictive home detention," if confined at all, including an electronic bracelet and excluding Internet access and cellular phones. As an alternative, she asked to be sent to the federal prison camp for women in Danbury, Conn.

Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., said Friday that several unidentified Senate Republicans had placed a hold on a proposed resolution declaring support for Miller and Cooper.

``Cowards!'' Lautenberg said of the Republicans. ``Under the rules, they have a right to refuse to reveal who they are. Sound familiar?''

Lautenberg's resolution is co-sponsored by Sens. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) It says no purpose is served by imprisoning Miller and Cooper and that the First Amendment guarantees freedom of the press.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000972839

I'm simply giddy at the idea of throwing his ass in jail. :mischief: :D
 
Wonders where that dooshbag Novak is in all this ?

Joe Wilson has said publicly That he has narrowed it down to Just six people from the Vice Presidents office and the white house is stonewalling the FBI.
 
rmsharpe said:
Sounds like the guy has a political axe to grind (anyone posting at Huffington's site does...) and wants to make a big name out of himself.

I somehow have the feeling that nothing will come out of this.
You wish. If it turns out to be Rove, RM, what do you think should happen?

I've thought from the get-go that this had Karl Rove written all over it. Who ever it was, they are a traitor and should be drummed out of Washington and politics for good.
 
"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 the White House in handcuffs." - Joe wilson Sept. 16, 2003

"I just got off the phone with Karl Rove, who said your wife was fair game."
-- MSNBC host Chris Matthews, in a phone call to Ambassador Joseph Wilson after the exposure of Wilson's wife as an undercover CIA operative.
 
augurey said:
I'm simply giddy at the idea of throwing his ass in jail. :mischief: :D

Historical precedence indicates the President will pardon him if he is guilty. Although I'm using disgusted by how much Presidents use it, I certainly don't expect Bush to break the tradition of protecting his closest advisors.
 
A'AbarachAmadan said:
Historical precedence indicates the President will pardon him if he is guilty. Although I'm using disgusted by how much Presidents use it, I certainly don't expect Bush to break the tradition of protecting his closest advisors.

Though even if he does get pardoned, I suspect he'll "retire" quite shortly. (If this turns out to be true)
 
rmsharpe said:
Same with the Huff-and-puffington blog.
Again, if it does turn out to be Rove, what do you think should happen?

BTW, you'd have an axe to grind, too, if someone in the White House turned traitor and screwed your wife over...because they had an axe to grind against you.
 
rmsharpe said:
Is this really the appropriate time to bring up the Clinton administration?
The typical conservative response to accusations that the Bush administration has made another screwup: "But Clinton..."
 
rmsharpe said:
Is this really the appropriate time to bring up the Clinton administration?
Why don't you answer VoodooAce's question?
 
VoodooAce said:
Again, if it does turn out to be Rove, what do you think should happen?
I think we should, if Rove did anything, which there is still no proof other than taking the word of partisan political hacks, examine the context of the conversation and whether Plame was actually a covert (which appears to be the word that carries potential criminal prosecution) operative or not.
 
rmsharpe said:
Is this really the appropriate time to bring up the Clinton administration?

Lol Clinton impeached over having an affair and covering it up

Rove is accussed of endangering the lives of CIA agents as a form of poltical pay back and covering it up

Yep clearly clinton was far worse.
 
rmsharpe said:
Do I even have to explain it was a joke?
Do I have to point out that many of your fellow conservatives have one, and only one, justification or excuse for any of Bush's screwups? "But Clinton..."
 
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