I'll give you Cheney knowing, PJ, but the tradition of this Administration always seems to be to keep Bushie in the dark for as long as possible. Still, it'd sure be nice to see all of his trusted aides, sidekicks, and puppeteers fall.
And guess who they're saying is right smack dab in the rosebud of the scandal? None other than our favorite Republican Piss Whore, Jeff Ganannon!
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Gannon has been implying, but not directly saying, that he "may" have heard about the classified State Dept intelligence memo mentioning Valerie Plame from a Wall Street Journal article that mentioned it. Only problem, Gannon's interview with Wilson, in which he asked Wilson about the article, occured weeks BEFORE the WSJ article ran. Oops.
Why does this matter?
1. It suggests that Gannon found out about the classified information from someone else, not the Wall Street Journal. How did classified information concerning Valerie Plame reach this very unclassified individual? Did someone in the Bush administration tell him? And why did Gannon suddenly switch his story to imply that he heard about the memo from the WSJ - what was he trying to hide?
2. What did Gannon tell the FBI investigators about the memo? If he lied or tried to obscure the truth, wouldn't that be obstruction of justice?
GannonGuckert interviewed Amb. Wilson BEFORE the WSJ article ran
So, if Martha went to prison for lying to Federal Officials, because that is all she was convicted of, and if Rove omitted or misrepresented his communications to a Federal Grand Jury, as did Gannon . . . perhaps the two can share a cell together. I would love it. It is almost like a political wet dream.
Most likely will never happen, but a girl's gotta have her dreams.
If Rove gets indicted, he could very well be convicted. Then the only thing that would save him would be a presidential pardon, which Bush could give but it would sully his presidential legacy even further.
All of Rovegate boils down to the June 2003 State Department memo. Libby gave it to Judy Miller.
But WHO gave it to Gannon?
Here's the first "Karl Rove in Prison" joke:
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What's Karl's first lie in prison: "I'm a top."
His second lie: "I've never really done this before."
His third lie: "I HATED that."
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