SO much more on rove

From Americablog:

Ari saw the State Dept memo on Wilson, AND he's linked to Rove

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Ex-CIA Agent (and Republican) BLASTS Bush White House

Crooks and Liars has a good audio of a radio interview with Larry Johnson, a one-time CIA agent (under the first President Bush, mostly, I believe) who worked with Valerie Plame. He cuts through the lies, details the damage to our nation's security and is basically gobsmacked that any American -- much less any Republican like himself -- could defend Bush, Rove et al for outing a covert CIA agent. As Johnson points out, this is the first time in our HISTORY that a political operative at the White House has purposefully outed a covert CIA agent. Thanks to threader soccer mom for pointing this out to us.

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LA Times: Rove a Bulldog On Wilson

A source directly familiar with information provided to prosecutors said Rove's interest was so strong that it prompted questions in the White House. When asked at one point why he was pursuing the diplomat so aggressively, Rove reportedly responded: "He's a Democrat." Rove then cited Wilson's campaign donations, which leaned toward Democrats, the person familiar with the case said.

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Atrios has the new ABC poll and it ain't pretty for team Bush/Rove

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What you DIDN'T learn from today's New York Times