[extropy-chat] Politics: Cooper says Rove was leaker

[The Avantguardian]

--- Brett Paatsch <bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> No names, but Rove was leaker
> Tim Reid, Washington
> July 19, 2005

> [Cooper] wrote : "Was it through my conversation
> with Rove that
> I learned that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA ...?
> Yes. Did Rove
> say that she worked at the 'agency' on 'WMD' ? Yes.
> Is any of
> this a crime? Beats me."   '
> 
> 
> So Rove and 'Scooter' Libby are apparently the
> leakers, but what 
> national interest if any was served by their
> leaking?  Just political
> payback?

It was actually detrimental to national interests,
national security sprecifically, which is why it was a
crime. That it could be a simple case of petty
political payback that threatened national security is
hard to believe but what else could it be? 
 
> What crime if any was committed and what does it
> matter if 
> President Bush can just pardon them anyway?

Could be as serious as treason . . . of course I think
Ashcroft will be the prosecutor so it will probably be
downgraded to child-endangerment or something equally
as ludicrous. Bush has stated that "If anyone in my
administration is found guilty of a crime, they will
be fired." This of course means that for all intents
and purposes nothing  will change. It will take years
for this thing to go to trial and by the time a
verdict is delivered it won't matter much. Unless we
make it point to go after all these guys afterwards.
Sheesh, the Mayberry Machiavelli strikes again.

  




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