Karl is in a lot of trouble

Karl sort of failed to tell the FBI that he had ever mentioned Valerie Plame when he spoke to Matt Cooper. Murray Waas reports the story at the American Prospect.

"The omission by Rove created doubt for federal investigators, almost from the inception of their criminal probe into who leaked Plame's name to columnist Robert Novak, as to whether Rove was withholding crucial information from them, and perhaps even misleading or lying to them, the sources said.

Also leading to the early skepticism of Rove's accounts was the claim that although he first heard that Plame worked for the CIA from a journalist, he said could not recall the name of the journalist. Later, the sources said, Rove wavered even further, saying he was not sure at all where he first heard the information."

The story includes a number of other details and is worth reading.

From another angle, eleven former CIA employees delivered a letter (pdf file) to Senators Frist and Reid and Congresspersons Hastert and Pelosi complaining about the Republican talking points that attack Valerie Plame. Essentially they use polite language to tell the Republicans to lay off Valerie Plame and instead of attacking her, support the troops.

In short, Rove is in real trouble, he is using his control of the Republican Party to "smear and defend" in the typical Republican way, and the CIA personnel are hitting back.

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Every time the Republicans have ever gotten control of the Congress they have screwed this nation over and robbed it blind, starting with TeaPot Dome scandal from the Harding administration in the early twenties. They are proving it again. They need to be removed from government.