Even in light of the revelation that Rove learned of Plame’s identity from another journalist, John Dean makes the murkiest case yet for Rove’s guilt. See if you can make sense of it. I can’t. What I can conclude, however, is that it sounds like wishful thinking on his part (like so many others who’ve been so hopeful this witchhunt would expose the true eeevilness of Karl Rove for all to see). You be the judge.
Let’s do a little backstory here. First, Novak’s assertion from 10/1/2003 (emphasis added):
The more information that becomes available about Rove’s conversation with the Time’s Matt Cooper, the more obvious it seems (at least to me, anyway) that not only did Rove not leak Plame’s name, but in fact, Cooper was the one who called Rove – suggesting that Rove wasn’t actively hunting for reporters he could use to help throw Plame’s name out into the limelight. John Podhoretz picked up on this, too:
The WSJ today continues the smackdown the conservative media is laying on Joe Wilson since the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee Report earlier this week.
Yes, the man the media fawned all over last year has proven to be a snake. Of course we knew this already but it took the media some time to catch up. That’s ok – finally, at least they did. I had some links laid out to post here but Clifford May in NRO pretty much takes care of that with his devastating piece on the credibility issue that now exists with Joe “I’m a victim” Wilson. Take a look here. The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto is on the case here as well (scroll down a bit).
As you can tell, I’m very interested in this story *G* Newsweek takes a look and offers an alternative theory on PlameGate. Wonder if we’ll hear this discussed on ABC News? Nah!
