Take notice. It's on the record. Karl Rove has notes.
So when we spotted him at DeFrank's book party, we asked how his project was going. Rove told the Sleuth he has just begun unpacking boxes of notes to begin work on his tome about the Bush White House and presumably other facets of his life as the Republican Party's controversial top operative.
"The Sleuth" Washingtonpost.com blog by Mary Ann Akers, 10/30/07
Karl has made it a habit of hiding and obscuring his work, most notably by using an illegal external e-mail system owned by the RNC for his White House work. It's interesting to learn that he admits to having notes.
Now as a former U.S. Government employee, Karl would have had to leave most of his old work behind. White House papers, like other government papers, are property of the governmnent. Departing employees cannot take originals or copies of memos, files, databases, paper, or anything else that would be an 'internal work product.' And then there's the whole blanket 'Executive privilege' argument that is regularly used to shield the White House. Now Karl would follow the rules when it comes to handling documents and files properly, right?
Of course Karl's "boxes of notes" could be from his pre-White House times. Entirely possible. But the history of those years is already well known and well covered. Rove's White House years are still unchronicled. Unchronicled activities require notes.
I'm not saying Karl's "boxes of notes" are a smoking gun. All I'm saying is since now we know about them a Grand Jury, if necessary, could subpoena Karl's "boxes of notes."
Washington people shun notes and diaries because they could get them in trouble. Former Senator Bob Graham ignored this practice, meticulously chronicling his daily life. Dick Cheney, on the other hand, writes no memos or notes. Well, except for that Plame "junket" thing...
Karl, we're watching...