Bush’s Top Advisor Karl Rove Escapes Justice
by James Buchanan
Just a few months ago, it looked as though Karl Rove was certain to go to jail. The only delay was rumored to be that the prosecutor, Fizgerald was amassing a dozen or more charges against Rove that would fall on him like an avalanche. As the weeks passed, it became increasingly obvious that something or someone had derailed the justice process.
A recent news article reports “Presidential adviser Karl Rove won’t be a criminal defendant in the CIA (Valerie Plame) leak case, but he could still end up being grilled in court as a witness. Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald could question Rove about whether the Bush administration compromised a CIA officer’s identity to retaliate against a political critic. Still, Rove and the White House could breathe a sigh of relief Tuesday after the prosecutor told Rove’s lawyer he wouldn’t seek a federal indictment against the political operative. The announcement cheered Republicans and a White House beleaguered by war and low approval ratings, and if Rove would have been charged with any crimes, it would have been a major blow to the administration’s credibility.” (more…)