Rove Told Jury Libby May Have Been His Source In Leak Case

Washington Post published an article today that nicely sums up what is known about Whitehouse culpability in the outing of Plame, including the latest leak from the Grand Jury room.
White House adviser Karl Rove told the grand jury in the CIA leak case that he thinks I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, "may" have told him that Plame was a CIA agent before her name went public. Rove also claims he "may" have heard it from someone else in the White House too. Although he isn't sure who he talked to, he is sure that the topics discussed were only information they had already heard from reporters. How can a person be unsure about a conversation, yet still be sure about it's source? It's been reported widely that John Hannah, an aide to Cheney, is supposedly telling friends he's expecting to be indicted.
Not only is Rove playing football with the "truth", White House insiders are starting to point fingers. A wedge between Bush and Cheney is looking more likely than ever. The leaks about Cheney most recently may be more about driving that wedge deeper than new information. All this sounds like another pro-active dirty tricks campaign that Karl Rove is known for.
There is one other tidbit I hadn't heard before. Bill Harlow, CIA public affairs director, was contacted by Novak about the Plame information and told Novak not to publish her name or information about her. One would have to wonder why a reporter would act against the wishes of the CIA. This certainly puts to question the ethics of Novak, something I've been wondering about all along. Reporters have a way of creating news by serving as the conduit for leaked information. In this case, leaking this information constituted a violation of the law and a major breach of security with very serious consequences.
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