--- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for the clarifications. I listened to Lawrence O'Donnell on > > Al Franken discuss the same, saying that not being a target means > > nothing, the relevant question for his lawyer is "is he a subject?". > > He is a witness, having testified three times before the Grand Jury. > > > > The really interesting thing LD brought out is that the ONLY way > > Rove or anyone can be convicted is if they have official clearance to > > have known V Plame was an operative. Someone in Rove's postion > > typically does not have this clearance, but its not known if he in > > fact is an exception. > > > > Assuming he does not have clearance, THEN the big question is who told > > Rove. Or who told his source. The person in the chain who DOES HAVE > > official clearance DID break the law -- if the other conditions are > > met. That could be Chenney, Tennet or Bush. So the plot thickens. > > > The four conditions of an indictable crime are : > > First, and most obviously, Valerie Plame had to be a covert agent when > Rove exposed her to Cooper. It's not obvious that she was. ... > > Second, Rove had to know she was a covert agent. Cooper's article > refers to Plame as "a CIA official." Most CIA officials are not covert > agents. > > Third, Rove had to know that the CIA was taking "affirmative measures" > to hide her identity. Doesn't seem like the kind of thing a political > operative would or should know. > > Fourth, Rove had to be "authorized" to have classified information > about covert agents or at least this one covert agent. Doesn't seem > like the kind of security clearance a political operative would or > should have.
Karl Rove is an advisor tothe President who has an office in the White House. He has Top Secret clearance. Hell, I had Secret Clearance just to be a computer operator. It's a matter of: did Rove get formally notified of Plame's status or not, NOT "did he have clearance to know this?" ANYONE working in the White House above the level of janitor would have that level of clearance. > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/lawrence-odonnell/the- one-very-good-reason-_3769.html To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
