They will spin it, so that Rove, in fact no one will be indicted.

[rumpel]

Mystery Thickens in Secret Source Case
After two years, more questions than answers have emerged on who named a CIA agent and the role the White House may have played.

By Richard B. Schmitt, Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — Was it Karl Rove, after all?

Or is President Bush's longtime political advisor getting a bum rap, fueled by wishful thinking of administration critics?

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White House statements have skirted questions about discussions that administration officials may have had with journalists about Plame. The statements seem to show an awareness of the distinction between breaking the law and repeating gossip.

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And the law governing the protection of covert agents is written in such a way that hardly anyone has been prosecuted under it.

The government must show that individuals knew the agent had a protected status and that the agent's identity was disclosed intentionally.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rove9jul09,0,7295561.story?coll=la-home-headlines

We can not let that happen. Does the intimidated and scared stiff media need suport from the public? An outcry? Would the corportae media allow their journalists go against the powers and respond to such an outcry?

any thoughts? :think:

[xultar]

1. That is what I've been saying. But people continued to do the happy dance.

:shrug:

[xxqqqzme]

2. saurove must be

the current equivalent of j edgar hoover. The dirt he has collected can B used 2 jerk people back in line. I have no doubt he is a miner of scum. How else has he intimidated so many?

[Innoma]

3. Still not convinced Rove is going down...

No way Rove is going down for the count on this one. I just can't buy into the story that it was Rove who told Cooper to go ahead and testify. Maybe Cooper heard his story from some second-level staffer or, more likely, there's a game afoot that will make this whole affair evaporate like fog once the sun comes out. Miller's the one holding the dirt on the primary sources, and she's such a willing tool of the administration that she'll never sing. I'm sure these people learned a thing or two about conducting succesful conspiracies from Watergate -- after all, at least one person in the current administration (Rumsfeld) was part of the Nixon administration.

And anyway, things sure do seem to break just right for them, don't they? Can't quite win an election, but up pops the Supreme Court with a distasteful decision; right before the second election, up pops Osama to help persuade people to push the Bush Button out of fear; Iraq strategy goes nowhere, presidential speeches fall flat, poll numbers plummeting, and a terrorist attack occurs in Britain. I'm not saying the administration is necessarily responsible for these things, that they're related or planned and executed by them, but sometimes these events sure do come off as being mighty convenient for them.

In my lighter moods, I think of the current administration as an amateur poker player who sits down with the pro's and has an incredible, defy-the-odds winning streak, but in my darker moods, I think they're capable of practically anything sinster. I mean, how long can this dumb luck last?

Maybe with Rove, their luck will run out and the dam will finally break, but since I've been in one of those darker moods lately, I ain't holding my breath.