not for making the leak, but for not making it work well enough. In 2003.
New York Daily News is reporting:
“Other sources confirmed, however, that Bush was initially furious with Rove in 2003 when his deputy chief of staff conceded he had talked to the press about the Plame leak.
Bush has always known that Rove often talks with reporters anonymously and he generally approved of such contacts, one source said.
But the President felt Rove and other members of the White House damage-control team did a clumsy job in their campaign to discredit Plame’s husband, Joseph Wilson, the ex-diplomat who criticized Bush’s claim that Saddam Hussein tried to buy weapons-grade uranium in Niger.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/357107p-304312c.html
NYDaily News Cont.
“A second well-placed source said some recently published reports implying Rove had deceived Bush about his involvement in the Wilson counterattack were incorrect and were leaked by White House aides trying to protect the President.
“Bush did not feel misled so much by Karl and others as believing that they handled it in a ham-handed and bush-league way,” the source said.
None of these sources offered additional specifics of what Bush and Rove discussed in conversations beginning shortly after the Justice Department informed the White House in September 2003 that a criminal investigation had been launched into the leak of CIA agent Plame’s identity to columnist Robert Novak.”
What did he know? When did he know it?
Seems like he didn’t mind the attempted political hit, but was not happy that they missed.
Treason and high crimes, difficult to define, but we know it when we see it.
Looks like proof that Bush was part of the Plame exposure all right. It seems like more evidence appears on a daily basis.
It will certainly be interesting to see how high in this administration the GJ indictments will go. I can hardly wait.
(OT – email me, addr missing at this location.)
all of this keeps getting better and better. I bet the court of public opinion is getting all flustered over this one!…:o)
Only downside is if it allows the baggage to be dumped before next election.
Same circus, different clowns. Not a ticket I want to buy.
Excellent career opportunity:
Peace
And as I posted in the Cafe yesterday; this is where you can apply: CronyJobs
Here’s a sample profile of one current contender:
One: It took until now (Fitzmas Eve) for this story to leak out of the White House??
Two: GW has, since that time, denied that any administration official was involved in outing Plame. So if this is accurate that makes GW a) a liar B)a co-conspirator c) impeachable d) really dumb e) a and c only f) all of the above except e
I did not have the time or biological memory to track back Chimpboy’s statements on when he knew that Rove was involved in any way (they can always claim involvement in a non-criminal way). But as you say, even if Rove did not cross the line into felony land, did Bush impede a federal investigation by lying about his knowledge that Rove was involved in any manner?
At this point they are all just hunkered down in the White House chanting “just keep swimming”.