Was a PSU graduate's cover blown by the Bush Administration?
Valerie Plame (who has a BA in journalism from PSU) is under fire from the Bush administration because her husband, Joseph Wilson, cared enough to tell the truth. How far up does the deceit go? at least as far as Rove. The GOP talking points on the issue seek to obfuscate the issue, and intentionally deceive the public. At least some people have the integrity to call them on their lies.
Rove revelation compromised more than Plame's career
Rove-Plame Scandal Leading to Deeper White House Horrors?
The One Very Good Reason Karl Rove Might Be Indicted
posted by Giles de Streel @ 7/20/2005 08:51:00 AM
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from Seattle PI
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/233352_karlxed.asp
"Thursday, July 21, 2005
Leaking Standard: No pal left behind
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD
President Bush likes to talk about high standards, accountability and personal responsibility. While Bush expects students, school systems and future retirees to toe the line, his friends get an easier deal.
Consider White House political strategist Karl Rove, now implicated in off-the-record discussions that preceded the exposure of a CIA officer's identity. Viewed in the best light, Rove was engaged in leaking information about national security for the political purpose of making the president's sales pitch for the Iraqi invasion appear to have been honest. Whether Rove did anything illegal, he did exactly what the White House repeatedly said he had never done. Rove offered the media information about Valerie Plame's role at the CIA after her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, criticized the administration's attempts to connect Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction. And Rove's conduct met the standard for removal from his post that the president laid down in 2004 when he promised to fire anyone involved in the leak.
Now that Rove's involvement in leaking information has been confirmed, the president has decided to modify that pledge. Bush let it be known on Monday that he would fire any staffer who "committed a crime."
Schoolchildren, take note. There will still be high standards for you, your teachers and your schools. But at the White House, the rule is a little different: No pal left behind. Unless, of course, he is an out-and-out criminal. That's quite a standard.
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