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Sidney Blumenthal - The spy comes in from the cold
The spy comes in from the cold
Sidney Blumenthal
October 23, 2007 12:00 PM
None of Valerie Plame's elaborate training to become an elite covert operative for the CIA prepared her for the byzantine, vicious and dispiriting smear campaigns directed against her and her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, in George Bush's Washington.
Karl Rove Resigns
Top White House aide Rove resigns
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Top White House aide Karl Rove, seen by many as the brains behind George W Bush's presidency, has said he will resign at the end of August.
"I just think it's time," Mr Rove said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, adding that he was quitting for the sake of his family.
Mr Rove has worked with Mr Bush since 1993 when he ran for Texas governor.
As Mr Bush's chief strategist, he is seen as instrumental in delivering election victories in 2000 and 2004.
For this he is highly regarded by Republicans, but at the same time equally reviled by Democrats.
What if Libby Was Black or Mentally Retarded?
What if Libby Was Black or Mentally Retarded?
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by Bob Cesca, originally appeared on The Huffington Post
Scooter Libby's sentence was "excessive," President Bush said.
In other words, two-and-a-half years in jail for perjury is just way, way over the line in a case in which the White House and Scooter Libby undermined national security; exposed a CIA agent's cover; and potentially damaged this agent's covert operation to track unaccounted-for nuclear material (loose nukes) -- all orchestrated by the vice president and Libby to sucker punch Ambassador Joe Wilson.
So the president all but pardoned Libby by commuting his prison sentence.
