Rovegate

Karl Rove may have unintentionally leaked the name of Valerie Plame. But the real story is where will the ongoing investigation lead. These investigations take their own course. Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald has been at this for a while, too long, to uncover the name of who leaked the name. Now we know he has called George Tenet and other top CIA officials. Wouldn't you have loved to be a fly on the wall for that testimony. Just as the Whitewater investigation led by Kenneth Starr spawned the Monica Lewis affair, this can lead to the real cover up in this case...What did President Bush really know when he made the case for war in Iraq.

Say what you want about Karl Rove, he would not reveal the name of a CIA operative. That would be unAmerican. Karl Rove would not break that law and he is too smart. In his zeal to get back at Joe Wilson, he let slip the name of Valerie Plame. Once he did that, he had to give Bush cover. That meant not telling him he may have ben the leak. He is loyal to George Bush and would not drop that burden on him. Also, Rove may have believed the leak was elsewhere. To this day, I still doubt he has told the President he may have been the leak. Karl Rove will resign and mainain his dignity and he will return to his best role, the whisperer. But, just like Watergate he may have unwittingly given the Democratic Party, a prize they never expected...the presidency.

The President called for an investigation into this leak. He had no choice. Now, he has a special prosecutor looking into places, he may not want him to look and speaking to people, he would prefer be kept quiet. Had Karl Rove come forth, all this would have been handled. Just as in Watergate and Whitewater, it is not the crime but the cover up. It appears that is what we have here. Will we finally learn through this investigation, what intelligence the president really had in making the case for Iraq? Will we uncover a plan to go to war...no matter what?

So, thank you, Karl, you really stepped in it this time.