"Benedict Rove"

[bobemm]

Ok, so. Everybody is all "yay, a crack in the façade!" - I, however, still am not counting my eggs. If I had to bet one way or the other, I'd bet that Rove has a pretty big ace up his sleeve. Consider this -

1) Rove gave Cooper the ok to name him, even though Cooper was fully prepared to keep his mouth shut and go to jail. Why would Rove have done this if he didn't know he could beat it?

2) The mainstream media is all over this. If this were a real Bush Administration scandal, they'd be ignoring it, wouldn't they?

I'd love to be convinced that I'm wrong.

Comments

[dakus.livejournal.com]

The DOJ forced everyone in the administration to sign waivers freeing the reporters of any confidentiality agreement a long time ago. Cooper said he didn't accept that piece of paper.

Time released the reporters notes which indicated Rove was a source pretty much flew in the face of repeated denials by the White House left them with no option. Cooper *then* is said to have received what he called a valid waiver from Rove. So pretty much key here was Time giving up the notes.