From: Adam Flinton 

Gary Britt wrote:
> What excuse is needed?  Its not unlawful to say "Wilson's Wife" in a
> sentence.  It doesn't identify her name or blow any alleged CIA cover.  It
> doesn't even .  Further, it doesn't appear she was a covert agent covered by
> the relevant statutes because their is a question about whether she worked
> overseas as an undercover agent during the preceding 5 years.
>
> Nothing to excuse, because there is no there there.
>

"Wilson's wife, who apparently works at the agency"

What's the law again?

Adam


> Gary
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:42d2687b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>>Yep Rove said "Wilson's wife" instead of her name when
identifying her
>
> role
>
>>to the reporter. I wonder what lame excuse the Rove apologists will
>
> conjure
>
>>up now?
>>
>>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/10/AR20050710010
00_pf.html
>
>>White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove spoke with at least one
>
> reporter
>
>>about Valerie Plame's role at the CIA before she was identified as a
>
> covert
>
>>agent in a newspaper column two years ago, but Rove's lawyer said
>
> yesterday
>
>>that his client did not identify her by name.
>>
>>Cooper, according to an internal Time e-mail obtained by Newsweek
>
> magazine,
>
>>spoke with Rove before Novak's column was published. In the conversation,
>>Rove gave Cooper a "big warning" that Wilson's assertions
might not be
>>entirely accurate and that it was not the director of the CIA or the vice
>>president who sent Wilson on his trip. Rove apparently told Cooper that it
>>was "Wilson's wife, who apparently works at the agency on
[weapons of mass
>>destruction] issues who authorized the trip," according to a story in
>>Newsweek's July 18 issue.
>>
>>"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
>>news:42d1b824{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/10/AR20050710007
58.html
>
>>>"Top White House advisor Karl Rove was one of the secret
sources that
>>>spoke to reporters about a covert CIA operative whose identity was
>
> leaked
>
>>>to the media, Newsweek magazine reported in its latest edition.
>>>
>>>The magazine said Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, confirmed that Rove
>
> talked
>
>>>to Time magazine about former ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife, CIA
>>>agent Valerie Plame."
>>>
>>>http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4e68d3ae-f190-11d9-9c3e-00000e2511c8.html
>>>
>>>"Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's top political
adviser, was the
>>>secret source who gave a Time magazine reporter permission to testify
>
> last
>
>>>week, thus avoiding jail for contempt of court, Newsweek reported on
>>>Sunday."
>>>
>>>"Mr Rove has insisted he did not leak Ms Plame's name, and e-mail
>
> accounts
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>>>included in the Newsweek story only make clear that he talked to Mr
>
> Cooper
>
>>>about Mr Wilson's wife, without revealing her name."
>>>
>>>About his wife without revealing her name?????
>>>
>>>Ummm gee that'll really slow anyone down.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Adam
>>
>>
>
>

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