Mr. Rove's Leak: "There are serious questions about Mr. Rove's behavior, as well as his misleading public accounting for it during the past two years. Certainly, the revelation that Mr. Rove discussed Mr. Wilson's wife with at least one reporter undermines the White House's highhanded pronouncements that it was 'just totally ridiculous' to think that Mr. Rove had anything to do with the leak of Valerie Plame's identity."
The Post editorial sometimes loses sight of the issue, which is what role adminstration personnel--including Rove--played in leaking the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson. Whether the agent recommended her husband for the Niger mission, or whether there was actually good cause to believe that Iraq sought uranium in Niger or in Africa, is now rather beside the point. The issue is that the Bushies did vindicatively lash out at Joe Wilson and "out" Valerie Wilson in the process. The Post is right to suggest that the investigation now underway should be allowed to run its course, and that Bush, Rove and the adminstration have questions to answer.
The Post editorial sometimes loses sight of the issue, which is what role adminstration personnel--including Rove--played in leaking the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson. Whether the agent recommended her husband for the Niger mission, or whether there was actually good cause to believe that Iraq sought uranium in Niger or in Africa, is now rather beside the point. The issue is that the Bushies did vindicatively lash out at Joe Wilson and "out" Valerie Wilson in the process. The Post is right to suggest that the investigation now underway should be allowed to run its course, and that Bush, Rove and the adminstration have questions to answer.
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