I've been following the Plame leak case for a few weeks now—and this is a story years in the making—but I thought this article from Salon was particularly good at getting the facts straight and analyzing the possible implications. It gives a brief history of the whole affair and then explains to what extent Rove might or might not be culpable, all in very clear terms.
I suspect Rove was fully cognizant of what he was doing, and what he's done is despicable. He should be fired without question (go tell the White House you think so, too). Also, it was encouraging to see the press finally do its job and hammer Scott McClellan yesterday and today. If the stakes of this case, occurring right around the whole Deepthroat/Mark Felt revelation, don't inspire mainstream journalists to dig deep and take some risks to find out the whole truth, I don't know what would.
While we're at it, how about another caption contest for the above illustration (done by yours truly)?
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You mean this part?
ReplyDelete"Bush, at an Oval Office photo opportunity Tuesday, was asked directly whether he would fire Rove — in keeping with his pledge in June 2004 to dismiss any leakers in the case. The president did not respond."
Looks like they do say Bush said he would fire whoever was responsible.
Still, the framing in the article is really insidious. Look at this lead:
"Democrats, some White House reporters and assorted opponents of President Bush are demanding the ouster of Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove (search) after the revelation that Rove discussed a CIA employee with a member of the press."
It's imprecise as hell and tilted to make Bush look like the protagonist. But this is of course standard editorial policy at Fox.
Google image search makes no guarantee that images are not subject to copyright, and will not be considered partner or knowing accomplice to your actions when whoever's image that is sues your ass.
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ReplyDelete"Wow. That's some leak."
How about:
ReplyDelete"Now give me the real stuff, Turd Blossom!"