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July 10, 2005
Rove was Cooper's source on Plame!
For once the conspiracy theorists were right. You know, if I was trying to get Miller to turn State's evidence against Rove on another unrelated charge, showing her that Rove's willing to let her rot in jail might not be such a bad move on the part of Fitzgerald. This whole about to leave on vacation story doesn't pass muster, either. How many reporters can one man call in "two minutes", or was he just saying that in order to sound distracted if a prosecutor ever asked?
July 18 issue - It was 11:07 on a Friday morning, July 11, 2003, and Time magazine correspondent Matt Cooper was tapping out an e-mail to his bureau chief, Michael Duffy. "Subject: Rove/P&C," (for personal and confidential), Cooper began. "Spoke to Rove on double super secret background for about two mins before he went on vacation..." Cooper proceeded to spell out some guidance on a story that was beginning to roil Washington. He finished, "please don't source this to rove or even WH [White House]" and suggested another reporter check with the CIA.Last week, after Time turned over that e-mail, among other notes and e-mails, Cooper agreed to testify before a grand jury in the Valerie Plame case. Explaining that he had obtained last-minute "personal consent" from his source, Cooper was able to avoid a jail sentence for contempt of court. Another reporter, Judith Miller of The New York Times, refused to identify her source and chose to go to jail instead.
It's not the crime, it's the cover up, dumb fuck!
Talk Left has all the details.
Kos points to this last gasp hope for Rove:
While Novak's column did not run until Monday, July 14, it could have been seen by people in the White House or the media as early as Friday, July 11, when the Creators Syndicate distributed it over the Associated Press wire.
Posted by Mike at July 10, 2005 05:44 AM
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