From: "Gary Britt" 

Like it or not it makes a BIG difference.  Its only illegal to disclose
THEIR NAME/IDENTITY, and only then under very specific circumstances, not
applicable here.

Gary

"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
news:42d2e2b7{at}w3.nls.net...
> Gary Britt wrote:
> > No, why would you ask that.  There isn't any evidence that Rove knew she
> > worked in anything other than some non-covert job.  She worked at the
CIA
> > under her MAIDEN NAME, so to say Wilson's wife wouldn't even indirectly
> > disclose her name.
> >
>
> You're off your rocker. So what is she was working under her maiden
> name? Oh so that added maybe 30 seconds to the look up time.
>
> What was his job again? Was it a public role which his wife would have
> been part of?
>
> If Mrs Bush decided to do sometiung under her amiden name, how long do
> you think it would take people to find that name?
>
> If anything the fact that she was the wife of an ambassador makes it
> much worse because there is no doubt she would have met lots of people
> as the wife of the ambassador & now everyone knows she was a spook.
>
> So he couldn't be bothered to check. Maybe that's coz he couldn't give a
> damn.
>
> Adam
>
> > Gary
> >
> > "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> > news:42d2aec7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >
> >>So the White House has now redefined 'highest standards of conduct' ?
> >>
> >>http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20050711/cm_thenation/35295/nc:742
> >>McClellan declared of the Plame/CIA leak, "That is not the way this
White
> >>House operates. The president expects everyone in his administration to
> >>adhere to the highest standards of conduct. No one would be authorized
to
> >
> > do
> >
> >>such a thing."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> >>news:42d29193$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >>
> >>>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.
> >>>
> >>>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/AR2005071001000
_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/AR2005071000758
.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
> >>>
> >>>>>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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