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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Rove to Escape Charges in Plamegate?

Yahoo News reports that White House aide and Bush strategist Karl Rove will escape being charged in the Plamegate CIA identity outing case which has already ensnared Cheney Chief of Staff Scooter Libby. It remains to be seen if these actions result in war with Iran. Because Valerie Plame was working on the situation with Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program that CIA operation may have been seriously compromised. The White House decided to expose Plame's covert CIA status to try and discredit her husband, Administration critic Joseph Wilson. As a result the nation's national security status was compromised and may lead to war with Iran.

Won't you be outraged if a loved one winds up dying because George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were more interested in settling political scores than dealing with the real wmd threats around the world? I hope so.