I wrote a couple days back that Jason Leopold at Truthout reported that Karl Rove was indicted on charges of perjury. The report came Saturday, and the alleged indictment on Friday ... but if you open a newspaper, you won't see an article about it.
Why? Jason Leopold, in an e-mail exchange with Rob Kall of Opednews, tells us.
I am amazed that the blogosphere would lend credence to the statements of people who have consistently lied about Rove’s role in this case. This is a White House that denied Rove’s involvement in the leak. This is a White House that has lied and lied and lied. And yet the first question that people ask is “why would Rove’s spokesman lie?” Because they can, because they do, and because they have. This is an administration that has attacked and discredited their detractors. I am amazed that not a single reporter would actually do any real investigative work and get to the bottom of this story. Surely, their must be another intrepid reporter out there that has sources beyond a spokesman.
Let's assume for a second that the sources were lying. Will Leopold reveal their names? Will this be another subtle Rovinistic maneuver?
A couple of days ago, I was sure that Rove was going down. Now I'm not sure if it was Leopold who was set up to take a fall.
Lp,
A few days ago, I immediately caught on to the 24 business hours, so I was rather surprised to see the weekend sound and fury over it. Today, though, I'm on pins and needles hoping that it will happen. Reading the blogs and articles, I'm afraid it was a Rovian trick designed to lure the unsuspecting into the same CBS trap that caught Dan Rather.
I hope not.
Great article.
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Read this to find out what Nolie's source said about the Fitzgerald investigation.
I just read your blog about the lack of the media to take not or even publicize that Karl Rove was indicted. I must say that the way the government has been working within the past four (4) years is evidence enough of why it is unknown that Karl Rove is indicted. Then again, who would or should believe someone who writes for "truthout.org." No offense to you but the media, ran by right-winged extremest, could easily call this "liberal tactics to take over the world" or at least Bill O'Reiley would say this.
So... Even if Leopold comes out and gives names the same way that Rove did, he would have all of his credentials thrown out the window his story forgotten and his image tarnished forever. He has two choices, he can suffer the consequences give the names or he can do like every other media source and keep his mouth quite. What do think that he will do?
- Rufus V. Barner III
I think that if he does out his sources, it is very different than what Rove did; unless these are covert CIA agents. Instead, Leopold would be outing sources who lied to him.
Of course, Leopold is going to talk to his sources about this first.
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Other people are coming out in support of Leopold and the grand jury may have issued the indictment on last friday.
If he loses his sourse then it is different. Have an open mind