|
possibility that Libby (and by extension Cheney) set him up to take the rap. There is reference in Joe Wilson's book to a dustup between Rove and Libby on this very point--Rove throwing a fit about getting caught holding the bag. I think it's even possible they misinformed him on the legality of outing Plame. Rove's as dirty as they come, but if Fitzgerald is trying to crack the conspiracy to out Plame and Brewster-Jennings--an action that can only have come from Bush, Cheney or Rumsfeld (or all three) and is trying to find out why they did it, he may well have been pressuring Rove--as he has pressured Libby--to give up the real perps, the masterminds, those who ordered it. Bear in mind that Fitzgerald has NOT exonerated Rove. It was from Rove's lawyer that we heard that Rove is not going to be indicted, and he won't release the Fitzgerald letter to that effect. The letter may well contain conditions--like truthful testimony at Libby's trial, or giving evidence against someone else. Fitzgerald's pressure has been very effective in some respects, and his investigation seems to have been thorough (within the confines of a massive coverup). For instance, he caught Rove out about emails that Rove was withholding. Rove had to give up the emails (his lawyer concocted a story about it). Rove wouldn't have done that--he would lie to the end--if Fitzgerald hadn't been thorough and gotten the info from another source.
Some DUers tend to see Rove as the whole story. But those who do are buying the COVER story--that Rove outed Wilson in a fit of political pique at Wilson's public dissent. That's not what happened. What happened--in my opinion--is that the Bush junta used Wilson's publication of a dissenting article as the EXCUSE to destroy the entire CIA WMD counter-proliferation network. They used the Wilson item to concoct a cover story--to make it look like sort of accident (an accident of "politics") that Novak outed a covert agent and her entire worldwide network. This is something that Rove would NEVER have done on his own. It was not a rogue action. It was central to Bush junta policy.
Think about this a moment. They outed a entire WMD-tracking network!!?? At a time when WMDs were supposed to be such a big threat--so important that they invaded Iraq and slaughtered tens of thousands of innocent people over it!!??
There was a LOT MORE--and I'm mean REALLY A LOT more--going on there than political revenge, or silencing public critics. Some of these covert agents or contacts in Plame's network could well have gotten killed as a result of these outings (the first of Plame, on July 14, 2003, and the second the network's brass plate company, Brewster-Jennings, on July 22, also by Novak.
We need to be careful about accepting ANY of the terms of any Bush junta narrative. They and their lapdog press have been trying to marginalize this story from the beginning. The President, the V-P, and the AG were ALL covering it up. MANY top Bushites were involved (and WHY is a very good question). Rove may even be only minor player. I doubt that he gives a crap about treason. He would betray his own children for political gain. This country and its people mean nothing to him. The only thing that would concern him would be getting caught. I'm not saying he's innocent. I'm just saying that it's likely, in this case, that he was out front, playing a part, half unwittingly--that others are likely far more guilty, and that others may have been USING his reputation as a political assassin as cover for something else--that Wilson wasn't the chief target of the outings; the people who were outed were the chief targets.
Now why would the Bush junta want to get CIA WMD counter-proliferation agents/contacts killed or disabled? Think about it. Who was running WMDs--Saddam, or the Bush junta? Running them INTO Iraq--to justify the war and to solidify Bush and Blair's political power--and perhaps intending to run right through Iraq into Iran, perhaps with troops and bombers following them right across the border into Iran, for a two-for-one invasion. Is THAT what they've covering up--that they were going to PLANT the weapons, and the CIA weapons network caught them doing it?
Like I said, I think it goes back to Rumsfeld and the Office of Special Plans (his own little spy/black ops creation). I'm afraid Rumsfeld is the one we should be worried about--getting off scot free. Fitzgerald seems to have tracked it to Cheney--and Cheney was certainly involved, as the WH mover of the plot. But I think the investigation may not be able to get any further than that.
It would have been great to have Rove out of the picture for the November elections (and on the recent Mexican election, which has many of the characteristics of Rovian filthy politics--it's almost a signature Rove operation). But our election system is so rigged--with the new Bushite controlled electronic voting, and its "trade secret" programming--that it almost doesn't matter. He'll pre-write the narrative of the stolen election (Americans hate gays and brown immigrants, and like seeing Arabs killed, and will vote for Bushites against their own interests because they're so full of hate), to be used as the "explanation" afterward, and the question will be, will the American people put up with another stolen election, or (my hopeful scenario), will they all vote Absentee in protest, and bring this fraudulent election system down--or will election reform activists bring it down in other ways (by close monitoring and lawsuits)?
I think Americans' patience is wearing very thin, and rebellion is in the air. These people have a 70% disapproval rating! I don't think anybody's going to believe a Bushite victory, or even 50/50 split, this fall.
|
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
