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One. The 1982 Intelligence Identities Protection Act doesn't apply to Karl Rove because there's no evidence that he knew anything about Valerie Plame's undercover status with the CIA. He simply knew that she was with the Company as someone involved in investigating WMD programs. That isn't going to get him into the trouble that you wankers so desperately wish for him to be.
Two. Rove signed a waiver of confidentiality back in December of 2003, allowing any reporter who had spoken with him about Plame to say so. So this story about how Matt Cooper (and, presumably, Judith Miller) somehow needed Rove to hold their hands and stroke their shoulders and tell them it was okay to repeat what he said is just a lot of crap. They could have said so any time any where:
After the investigation into the leak began, [Rove's attorney Robert] Luskin said, Rove signed a waiver in December 2003 or January 2004 authorizing prosecutors to speak to any reporters Rove had previously engaged in discussion, which included Cooper.But Cooper wants to stand around for the cameras and act like he was protecting somebody? Rove fucking told him he could tattoo that shit on his forehead 18 months ago!
"His written waiver included the world," Luskin said. "It was intended to be a global waiver. . . . He wants to make sure that the special prosecutor has everyone's evidence. That reflects someone who has nothing to hide."
Three. Joe Wilson is still a goddamned liar.
Four. There is no rational or even plausible reason why a member of this Administration would have deliberately exposed a CIA agent's identity as a means of retaliation against her husband, critic or not. Think about that. Just how effective is that supposed to be? There's only one dope who thinks that's what happened (see Item Three) ---and a whole pack of anti-Bush haters following along. If the Bush people had wanted to rat-fuck Wilson, all they would have needed was to quote him and his voluminous lies ---preferably while standing in line at one of his book signings.