Was Karl Rove trying to protect TIME from printing a story about Wilson in which would contain material that Rove knew would be discredited? Byron York
reports, you decide.
Me? Color me skeptical. I don't see Rove having a desire to help out the mainstream media from looking foolish. On the other hand, Rove could have been in the position to say later, "Hey! I warned them and they chose to smear the president anyway."
Ah...politics...so many ways to see a particular event...
12:20PM Update
Neal Boortz asks the
right question: Just who is Judith Miller and the New York Times protecting, it sure ain't Karl Rove.