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.



editorandpublisher

David wrote:

MSNBC Analyst Says Cooper Documents Reveal Karl Rove as Source in
Plame Case

The rot goes right to the top.


These guys just never stop the good public relations with the Iraqis:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4643481.stm


Killing cousins of members the new government just may NOT be the way to impress
anyone. Pure geniuses....

It's time to end the war on Iraq. It should never have been allowed to start.



mike

Killing cousins of members the new government just may NOT be the way to
impress
anyone. Pure geniuses....

WHO is killing in Iraq?


It's time to end the war on Iraq. It should never have been allowed to
start.


Yeah, we should let the war come to us.

David wrote:

MSNBC Analyst Says Cooper Documents Reveal Karl Rove as Source in
Plame Case


Yes..even more hearts and minds:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/4635157.stm


Aggressors sure hate reporters.










mike

porkpie wrote:


Yeah, we should let the war come to us.


That's pretty funny, coming from an official communist Chinese web domain. Do
you now speak for the United States? It's only a matter of time, I know, but
what if the Israelis don't want to give up Washington so easily?




mike

On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 13:25:34 GMT, m II wrote:

David wrote:

MSNBC Analyst Says Cooper Documents Reveal Karl Rove as Source in
Plame Case

The rot goes right to the top.


These guys just never stop the good public relations with the Iraqis:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4643481.stm


Killing cousins of members the new government just may NOT be the way to impress
anyone. Pure geniuses....

It's time to end the war on Iraq. It should never have been allowed to start.



mike

Wait 'til these kids come back from Iraq with no job skills besides
turning over people's houses and shooting the occasional shadow
person. With no after-service psychiatric treatment. Just wait.

On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 08:40:42 -0500, "porkpie"
wrote:

Yeah, we should let the war come to us.


Don't worry...

On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 08:40:42 -0500, "porkpie"
wrote:




Killing cousins of members the new government just may NOT be the way to
impress
anyone. Pure geniuses....

WHO is killing in Iraq?


It's time to end the war on Iraq. It should never have been allowed to
start.


Yeah, we should let the war come to us.

On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 13:56:01 GMT, m II wrote:

porkpie wrote:


Yeah, we should let the war come to us.


That's pretty funny, coming from an official communist Chinese web domain. Do
you now speak for the United States? It's only a matter of time, I know, but
what if the Israelis don't want to give up Washington so easily?




mike
I'm really hoping it's just some kind of spoof. Although this is the
Era of Anything's Possible.

On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 13:10:23 GMT, David wrote:

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.



editorandpublisher

MSNBC Analyst Says 2nd Source Confirms Karl Rove as Plame Leaker

By Greg Mitchell

Published: July 02, 2005 1:00 PM ET

NEW YORK Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal
court, 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. Lawrence O'Donnell, senior MSNBC political
analyst, now claims that at least two sources have confirmed that the
name is--top White House mastermind Karl Rove.

O'Donnell first offered this report Friday night on the syndicated
McLaughlin Group political talk show. Today, he went beyond that,
writing a brief entry at the Huffington Post blog:

"I revealed in yesterday's taping of the McLaughlin Group that Time
magazine's e-mails 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."

Here is the text of what O'Donnell said on Friday:

"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.

"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 McLaughlin Group 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.

Besides his career at a TV journalist, O'Donnell has served as a
producer and writer for the series "The West Wing."

According to published reports, Patrick Fitzgerald, the special
prosecutor in the case, has interviewed President Bush and Vice
President Cheney and called Karl Rove, among others, to testify before
the grand jury.

"The breadth of Fitzgerald's inquiry has led to speculation that it
has evolved into an investigation of a conspiracy to leak Plame's
identity," the Chicago Tribune observed on Friday, "or of an attempt
to cover up White House involvement in the leak."