Stunningly stupid

The AP continues to peddle that Karl Rove leaked Valerie Plame's name to Robert Novak when we all know that Richard Armitage was the actually leaker, Rove provided confirmation, if you can call it that. From Robert Novak's book;
I mentioned [in a phone call to Rove] that I had heard Wilson’s wife worked for the CIA in the counterproliferation section and that she had suggested Wilson be sent to Niger. I distinctly remember Rove’s reply: “Oh, so you know that, too.”

But the AP reports on Rove's resignation this way;
The most explicit testimony on Rove came from columnist Robert Novak, who outed Plame in a July 2003 column. He testified that Rove, a frequent source, was one of two officials who told him about Plame. Libby, with whom he seldom spoke, was not a source.

Rove, though, was not indicted after testifying five times before the grand jury, occasionally correcting misstatements he made in his earlier testimony.

The jury in Libby’s trial did not hear that testimony, nor did it hear that Rove is credited as an architect of Republican political victories and has been accused by opponents of playing dirty tricks.

All that jurors heard is that Rove leaked Plame’s identity and, from the outset, got political cover from the White House. He was never charged with a crime.



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