Rovegate: The scandal that lays bare the cynicism behind Bush's war in
Iraq
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article300731.ece
It has the classic ingredients of a spy thriller: undercover agents,
investigative journalists and a Middle Eastern dictator. But as Rupert
Cornwell reports, this Washington tale is fact, not fiction
Published: 22 July 2005
Ah, for a scandal to while away the sticky days of high summer in the
capital of the free world. This one has the lot. Featured ingredients
include a glamorous CIA agent, a jailed journalist and a
scandal-starved Washington press in hot pursuit of dastardly White
House shenanigans. At the centre of the storm is Karl Rove, George
Bush's closest adviser, architect of his election triumphs and
attributed with satanic political powers by reporters and frustrated
Democrats alike.
At one level, the affair about who leaked the identity of Valerie
Plame, former diplomat's wife and CIA undercover operative, is utterly
baffling. A special prosecutor has been on the case for almost two
years, but no one has been indicted; indeed it is not even clear any
crime has been committed. The journalist who published the agent's name
goes about his business seemingly without a care in the world, but
another reporter who never wrote a word about Ms Plame languishes in a
suburban Washington jail for refusing to divulge her source for the
same information. For once in a city where everyone claims to have the
inside track, no one is sure what is going on.
The Guardian profile: Karl Rove
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1533772,00.html
Julian Borger
Friday July 22, 2005
The Guardian
When Karl Rove is in trouble - and he has been in a lot of it lately -
George Bush has a simple way of showing his support. When he walks
across the lawn out of the White House he has Rove walk with him, so
the next day's photographs will show that familiar pink, bespectacled
face at the presidential shoulder.
This is the currency in which President Bush repays loyalty, and no one
is as loyal as Karl Rove. Before they met, George junior was just a
genial fellow from a famous family with very good connections. Rove,
the hard-nosed political geek who can reel off 20-year-old election
results from obscure congressional districts, turned the callow
pretender into a candidate, then a governor, then a president.
Karl Rove
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