(classic Bush Crime Clan distancing from compromised asset):
White House refuses to comment on Karl Rove as source of leak
July 12, 2005
pre-war intelligence
Alleged Traitor
- Downing Street Memo forum to be held June 16th in response to petition of 500,000
- Citizen groups ask Congress to file formal "Resolution of Inquiry" against Bush
- Galloway and Pasqua deny any wrongdoing on their part in the oil-for-food program
- Karl Rove named as a source of Plame leak
- United States President George W. Bush makes speech to rally support for war in Iraq
- Associated Press publishes 6 new "secret and confidential" Downing Street memos
In a televised report on CNN Tuesday morning, U.S. Senators John Kerry and Hillary Clinton expressed their belief that Karl Rove, a top advisor to President Bush, should be fired. Kerry spoke from the podium and answered reporters questions, while Clinton nodded in the background. Kerry spoke clearly for the removal of Rove, and reporters who noted Clinton's nods in agreement with Kerry queried her. She replied in support of Kerry's comments, "I agree with that."
The White House refused to comment Monday on Karl Rove’s involvement in the leak of the name of the covert CIA agent Valerie Plame. The New York Times reporter, Judith Miller, was jailed for violating a contempt of court order by refusing to testify about her source, and TIME magazine reporter Matthew Cooper also involved with withholding his source now appears ready to testify.
The leak of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame's name two years ago by a member of the executive branch was in response to her husband disputing the Administration's allegations that Iraq was at the time attempting to buy so-called Yellowcake Uranium from countries in Africa. Her husband, a former ambassador under the first president Bush, Joseph Wilson has been proven correct in his assertions that Iraq was not attempting to gain or purchased Uranium from Niger.
White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan refused to comment on a series of questions which increased in intensity quickly during a July 11 White House Press Briefing. The inquiries were about whether the White House stood by an earlier comment that any official found to be involved would be fired, and also about when President Bush found out that Karl Rove, his deputy chief of staff, was involved.
During the most heated part of the exchange, David Gregory of NBC News called the refusal to comment “ridiculous.”
DAVID GREGORY: Scott, I mean, just -- I mean, this is ridiculous. The notion that you're going to stand before us after having commented with that level of detail and tell people watching this that somehow you decided not to talk. You've got a public record out there. Do you stand by your remarks from that podium, or not?
MR. McCLELLAN: And again, David, I'm well aware, like you, of what was previously said, and I will be glad to talk about it at the appropriate time. The appropriate time is when the investigation --
DAVID GREGORY: Why are you choosing when it's appropriate and when it's inappropriate?
MR. McCLELLAN: If you'll let me finish --
DAVID GREGORY: No, you're not finishing -- you're not saying anything. You stood at that podium and said that Karl Rove was not involved. And now we find out that he spoke out about Joseph Wilson's wife. So don't you owe the American public a fuller explanation? Was he involved, or was he not? Because, contrary to what you told the American people, he did, indeed, talk about his wife, didn't he?
MR. McCLELLAN: David, there will be a time to talk about this, but now is not the time to talk about it.
McClellan also refused to comment on whether or not President Bush had confidence in Rove as his deputy chief of staff.
External media
Sources
- AP "White House denials on Rove fall silent". MSNBC, July 12, 2005
- AP "CIA Leak Quotes". Guardian Unlimited, July 11, 2005
- N/A "White House Press Briefing". N/A, July 11, 2005
Related news
- "Newspaper refuses to utilize leaked documents in article". Wikinews, July 10, 2005
- "New York Times reporter sent to jail in leak case". Wikinews, July 6, 2005
- Transcript of McClellan press briefing
Unconfirmed Sources (Parody News):----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“ ... Rove: Thanks Kamal, it is my pleasure
to join you today and I look forward to
coming clean on this whole business.
KE: Coming clean?
Rove: Yeah, I think its time people hear
the story about what happened right
from the horses mouth. I did it. I leaked
the identity of Valerie Plame to Bob
Novak and others to get revenge on
Plame's husband Joe Wilson.
KE: Just like that? That's quite an
admission Karl.
Rove: Not really Kamal. Everybody in
Washington already knows it and let's
be real, I've done this before. Back when
I worked for George Bush senior I got
fired for leaking information to Bob
Novak. The situation was different,
but Bob and I cooperated and I did
what needed to be done.
KE: Aren't you afraid that you will get
prosecuted for leaking the name of an
undercover CIA agent? That's a felony,
and some might call it treason.
Rove: No. Not really. Kamal this is
Washington and I work for the President.
I've got nothing to worry about.
Plausible deniability is the name of the
game around here that will keep me out
of trouble. ...”
The Los Angeles Times: “... But Gergen, who began his career in politics as an assistant to President Nixon during the Watergate scandal, questioned the White House strategy.
"They ought to do an about-face and put out the full facts and quell the storm," he said. "Their danger is, if they allow this to keep whipping up in the press, Rove could be wounded. And this president does not want to lose Karl Rove. Rove is his right arm." ...”
Remember Rove was 'mock fired' by the real President Bush but kept as a strategic asset. They don't need him any more. Therefore - save for the futile RNC defense - Rove is finished. He is a "dead parrot."
More new links:
 USA Today | White House Won't Comment on Rove, Leak Washington Post, DC - ... White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is peppered by questions about deputy White House chief of staff Karl Rove, Monday, July 11, 2005, during his daily ... White House press secretary Scott McClellan: Then and now on Karl ... White House Deflects Questions on Rove as RNC Defends Him White House: Bush Has Confidence in Rove |
| White House's Rove to headline Steele fundraiser Baltimore Sun, MD - While Steele has not publicly committed himself to run for the US Senate next year, the fundraiser headlined by Karl Rove, the White House deputy chief of staff ... |
 Unconfirmed Sources (satire) | White House continues silence on 'Rove-gate' progressiveU - The White House refused to comment Monday on Karl Rove’s involvement in leaking the identity of covert CIA Agent Valerie Plame. ... Naming Plame |
BTC News -
... about the Rove-Plame scandal to deny the truth of last year’s major increase in international terrorism. This was my question to him today in the White House ...
White House
And that's the real news of today from America - Sparky o&o
PS Something on the British arrests of Pakistani Londoners tomorrow perhaps ...
posted by Coat @ 7:40 PM
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