Karl Rove Will Be Indicted
by Charles Coughlin
It’s long overdue for Karl Rove to go to prison. He should have at least been indicted on the same day as Scooter Libby, and the two of them deserved to be indicted years earlier. Both Rove and Libby have admitted that they leaked CIA agent Valerie Plame’s identity to the press. Exposing a CIA agent’s identity is an act of treason. This action was taken by the neocons to punish Ms. Plame’s husband, Joe Wilson, who released a report that undermined the neocon case for a war on Iraq.
Contrary to the spin from various talk show hosts, Ms. Plame was involved in a serious, ongoing CIA operation. She headed a fictitious company that was a front for intelligence gathering. The identity of this company was also exposed to the media. Agents working for her may have been arrested, tortured or killed. Naturally the neocons in DC won’t tell us the full extent of the damage done. They’ll cover that up for as long as they can. (more…)