Depressed Power Circle Yesterday AFTER They have Learned They Get Supreme Court Opening
THIS IS IT FOLKS! If this is true, and it seems to be, given who is saying it and where he said it, this could be one hell of a Fourth of July for Kossacks!
Last night on The McLaughlin Group, MSNBC Analyst Lawrence O'Donnell revealed knowledge that KARL ROVE was the senior Bush official who told Matt Cooper of TIME that Joe Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, was an undercover CIA agent. Remember that in 2003, Chris Matthews said that after Novak's column exposing Plame that Rove called him to say Plame was now "fair game" to talk about since her name was already out.
Only Editor & Publisher is carrying the story!
VIDEO UPDATE: McLaughin Group Video
But who told Rove? The picture above tells you who. End of the Neocon Era on the flip?
MSNBC Analyst Says Cooper Documents Reveal Karl Rove as Source in Plame Case
By E&P Staff
Published: July 01, 2005 11:30 PM ET
NEW YORK Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal court, presumably revealing who its reporter, Matt Cooper, identified as his source in the Valerie Plame/CIA case, speculation runs rampant on the name of that source, and what might happen to him or her. Tonight, on the syndicated McLaughlin Group political talk show, Lawrence O'Donnell, senior MSNBC political analyst, claimed to know that name--and it is, according to him, top White House mastermind Karl Rove.
Here is the transcript of O'Donnell's remarks:
"What we're going to go to now in the next stage, when Matt Cooper's e-mails, within Time Magazine, are handed over to the grand jury, the ultimate revelation, probably within the week of who his source is.
"And I know I'm going to get pulled into the grand jury for saying this but the source of...for Matt Cooper was Karl Rove, and that will be revealed in this document dump that Time magazine's going to do with the grand jury."
Other panelists then joined in discussing whether, if true, this would suggest a perjury rap for Rove, if he told the grand jury he did not leak to Cooper.
E & P Story Here
UPDATE: O'DONNELL CONFIRMS ROVE COMMENT SAYS ANOTHER SOURCE RE-CONFIRMED IT FOR HIM SINCE HE TALKED. SAYS NEWSWEEK HEADLINE WILL BE "It's Rove!"
Rove Blew CIA Agent's Cover
I revealed in yesterday's taping of the McLaughlin Group that Time magazine's emails will reveal that Karl Rove was Matt Cooper's source. I have known this for months but didn't want to say it at a time that would risk me getting dragged into the grand jury.
McLaughlin is seen in some markets on Friday night, so some websites have picked it up, including Drudge, but I don't expect it to have much impact because McLaughlin is not considered a news show and it will be pre-empted in the big markets on Sunday because of tennis.
Since I revealed the big scoop, I have had it reconfirmed by yet another highly authoritative source. Too many people know this. It should break wide open this week. I know Newsweek is working on an 'It's Rove!' story and will probably break it tomorrow.
SCOOP OF MILLENNIUM (so far)