Finally something substantive on the Plame Rove Novak

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http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=25950&mode=nested&order=0

"On April 28, 2006, Jason Leopold, an investigative journalist who has consistently forecast up-coming events in the CIA leak case far in advance of the mainstream media, is citing "sources knowledgeable about the probe" in reporting that:

" "Despite vehement denials by his attorney who said this week that Karl Rove is neither a "target" nor in danger of being indicted in the CIA leak case, the special counsel leading the investigation has already written up charges against Rove, and a grand jury is expected to vote on whether to indict the Deputy White House Chief of Staff sometime next week."

"During his October 28, 2005, press conference, when announcing the Libby indictment, Fitzgerald left no doubt about whether her status was classified, when he told reporters:

" "Valerie Wilson was a CIA officer. In July 2003, the fact that Valerie Wilson was a CIA officer was classified. Not only was it classified, but it was not widely known outside the intelligence community. Valerie Wilson's friends, neighbors, college classmates had no idea she had another life.

" "The fact that she was a CIA officer was not well-known, for her protection or for the benefit of all us. It's important that a CIA officer's identity be protected, that it be protected not just for the officer, but for the nation's security. Valerie Wilson's cover was blown in July 2003. The first sign of that cover being blown was when Mr. Novak published a column on July 14th, 2003."

"Melissa Mahle spent 14 years as a covert CIA agent maintaining a series of fictitious cover stories, invented by her superiors. On the October 30, 2005, segment of 60 Minutes, Mahle reported that Valerie was working on important national security issues, like keeping tabs on nuclear material and the world's top nuclear scientists.

" "She is an expert on weapons of mass destruction," Mahle said. "These are the kind of people that don't grow on trees."

"What do agents do in that division, she was asked.

" "They're trying to figure out, really, the hard questions of who has the capability obtaining and deploying a biological weapon. Or a chemical weapon. Who's doing it? What are those networks? What are the financial trails?" Mahle said during the broadcast."

"It is now known that Valerie was monitoring Iran's nuclear activities. According to Raw Story investigative reporter, Larisa Alexandrovna, former intelligence officials, have said that Valerie "worked on the clandestine side of the CIA in the Directorate of Operations as a non-official cover (NOC) officer, was part of an operation tracking distribution and acquisition of weapons of mass destruction technology to and from Iran." "

So, not only was she covert, she was working on Iran's nuclear enrichment program which is the next big thing that could bite Georgie and his friends in the ***. This Administration sure knows how to shoot itself in both feet.

But of course, because Georgie thinks anything he does is right, and legal, all appearances to the contrary, and because his followers here do too, I suppose there will be much dispute here over the facts carried in this article. Patrick Fitzgerald for President.

And after Rove goes to jail, can we please incarcerate that poisonous toad Bob Novak. He knew he was on a crusade of dubious legality and pressed ahead anyway. That's the very definition of premeditation.

You guys should read Smirking Chimp. It's got lots of good stuff in it.

Rob