AP has an article up today that very clearly and simply spells out the issues in the Rove affair. In essence, AP has thrown down the gauntlet. Bush said he'd fire the leaker, now we know the leaker is Rove, and the White House is backing off. That AP story proves that the MSM finally gets it.
Make sure you go to the bottom of the story and RECOMMEND IT 5 stars to raise it higher on Yahoo's listings:
For two years, the White House has insisted that presidential adviser Karl Rove had nothing to do with the leak of a CIA officer's identity. And President Bush said the leaker would be fired.Re-read that first paragraph. In light of what we all know now, it is a classic:
But Bush's spokesman wouldn't repeat any of those assertions Monday in the face of Rove's own lawyer saying his client spoke with at least one reporter about Valerie Plame's role at the CIA before she was identified in a newspaper column.
Rove described the woman to a reporter as someone who "apparently works" at the CIA, according to an e-mail obtained by Newsweek magazine.
White House press secretary Scott McClellan refused to discuss the matter at two news briefings Monday. He said he would not comment because the leak is the focus of a federal criminal investigation.
For two years, the White House has insisted that presidential adviser Karl Rove had nothing to do with the leak of a CIA officer's identity. And President Bush said the leaker would be fired.
