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[billvon 3,132]

If Gannon/Guckert gets dragged into this, it's going to become a bigger circus than the Lewinsky saga. A former prostitute and Bush's closest adviser implicated in the same scandal . . .

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Rove's nightmare
If Karl Rove told federal officials in 2003 he wasn't involved in outing Valerie Plame, he could face charges.
By Joe Conason
Oct. 07, 2005

To understand why Karl Rove is believed to be in grave danger of indictment for his role in the Wilson leaks, let's return to the earliest days of the investigation. If Rove is found criminally liable for lying, then the falsehoods that led to his downfall may well have been uttered during the weeks when his old friend and client John Ashcroft was still in charge of the leaks probe -- and before the case was turned over to the special counsel, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald.

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Another intriguing possibility in the leaks case brings back the baroque personality of right-wing pressroom denizen Jeff Gannon, born James Guckert.

The New York Times reported Friday that in addition to possible charges directly involving the revelation of Valerie Wilson's identity and related perjury or conspiracy charges, Fitzgerald is exploring other possible crimes. Specifically, according to the Times, the special counsel is seeking to determine whether anyone transmitted classified material or information to persons who were not cleared to receive it -- which could be a felony under the 1917 Espionage Act.

One such classified item might be the still-classified State Department document, written by an official of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, concerning the CIA's decision to send former ambassador Joseph Wilson to look into allegations that Iraq had tried to purchase uranium from Niger. Someone leaked that INR document -- which inaccurately indicated that Wilson's assignment was the result of lobbying within CIA by his wife, Valerie -- to right-wing media outlets, notably including Gannon's former employers at Talon News. On Oct. 28, 2003, Gannon posted an interview with Joseph Wilson on the Talon Web site, in which he posed the following question: "An internal government memo prepared by U.S. intelligence personnel details a meeting in early 2002 where your wife, a member of the agency for clandestine service working on Iraqi weapons issues, suggested that you could be sent to investigate the reports. Do you dispute that?"

Gannon later hinted, rather coyly, that he had learned about the INR memo from an article in the Wall Street Journal. He also told reporters last February that FBI agents working for Fitzgerald had questioned him about where he got the memo. At the very least, that can be interpreted as confirming today's Times report about the direction of the case.
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[TheAnvil 0]

From whence did this article come, Bill? It doesn't really state anything interesting. The title implies that Rove is guilty of lying, then does nothing to prove that he did, in fact, lie.

This thing might be a circus, but only if the media make it so. While I'll be extremely perturbed at whoever leaked the information and believe that he/she should be punished/reprimanded/lose their clearance forever, such a leak pales in comparison to the security transgressions of Mr. Berger. As we all know, that got little media attention - and a smack on the hand for punishment.

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A former prostitute and Bush's closest adviser implicated in the same scandal . . .

I'm missing something, how is a former prostitute tied into this ?

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[billvon 3,132]

>I'm missing something, how is a former prostitute tied into this ?

Gannon/Guckert was a former male prostitute, and gained notoriety when he asked 'softball' questions of Scott McClellan during White House briefings. The most famous question was "how are you going to work with [democrats] who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?" After that he came under more scrutiny, and it was discovered that he had gained access to the White House with a false name, and had stayed overnight there many times.

For more info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gannon