Jesus, if my memory serves me, took exception to the
Pharisees and the Sadduccees who had taken the Law of Moses and parsed it until it was bled of substance. One of Jesus' stories was about the man who made a great show of his worship of God but had nothing in his heart. As I recall the lesson was that we were to keep the 'spirit' of the law and not be so concerned about the 'letter' of the law.
The past twenty four hours I have read with consternation the recounting of Karl Rove's conversation with Time reporter, Matthew Cooper, who nearly went to jail over protecting his source for Valerie Plame's exposure as a CIA agent. Rove has said in the recent past that he did not 'tell anyone her name'. The record of Cooper's email on the subject says that is in fact TRUE.......BUT what Rove did say, in a conversation about Plame's ambassador husband, was that 'his wife worked for the CIA" and had initiated the husband's intelligence gathering trip to Africa (looking into the allegations of uranium sales). In my book, that's the kind of thing Jesus would hate. Rove never said her name, but all Cooper had to do was look up who the ambassador was married to and that was it. Disingenuous, I think is the word. I've included a chronology of this stuff from off the AP wire.
Sept 29, 2003: The White House dismisses as "ridiculous" the suggestion Rove was involved in disclosing the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame.
June 10, 2004: Bush pledges to fire anyone in his administration found to have been a leaker in the Plame case.
Oct. 16, 2004: Rove testifies before grand jury investigating the leak. Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, says prosecutors have assured Rove he is not a target of the criminal probe.
Nov. 3, 2004: Bush wins re-election with Rove as his chief political adviser.
July 10, 2005: Newsweek reports that in 2003 Rove talked to Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper about Plame, but did not identify her by name. Cooper later writes a story in which he uses Plame's name.
July 11: Under intense questioning from reporters, White House spokesman Scott McClellan refuses to repeat claims that Rove had nothing to do with the leak.
July 12: Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., say Rove should be fired. McClellan says Bush still has confidence in Rove.
The past twenty four hours I have read with consternation the recounting of Karl Rove's conversation with Time reporter, Matthew Cooper, who nearly went to jail over protecting his source for Valerie Plame's exposure as a CIA agent. Rove has said in the recent past that he did not 'tell anyone her name'. The record of Cooper's email on the subject says that is in fact TRUE.......BUT what Rove did say, in a conversation about Plame's ambassador husband, was that 'his wife worked for the CIA" and had initiated the husband's intelligence gathering trip to Africa (looking into the allegations of uranium sales). In my book, that's the kind of thing Jesus would hate. Rove never said her name, but all Cooper had to do was look up who the ambassador was married to and that was it. Disingenuous, I think is the word. I've included a chronology of this stuff from off the AP wire.
Sept 29, 2003: The White House dismisses as "ridiculous" the suggestion Rove was involved in disclosing the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame.
June 10, 2004: Bush pledges to fire anyone in his administration found to have been a leaker in the Plame case.
Oct. 16, 2004: Rove testifies before grand jury investigating the leak. Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, says prosecutors have assured Rove he is not a target of the criminal probe.
Nov. 3, 2004: Bush wins re-election with Rove as his chief political adviser.
July 10, 2005: Newsweek reports that in 2003 Rove talked to Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper about Plame, but did not identify her by name. Cooper later writes a story in which he uses Plame's name.
July 11: Under intense questioning from reporters, White House spokesman Scott McClellan refuses to repeat claims that Rove had nothing to do with the leak.
July 12: Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., say Rove should be fired. McClellan says Bush still has confidence in Rove.
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