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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Why? Because she used her position to get him the trip.
From WaPO:
Let us also not forget that Rove - twice - signed a waiver allowing Cooper to reveal him as a source.
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The fact that Plame authorized the trip says nothing about either his qualifications or the quality of his research. If he was unqualified or had crappy research, why not counter it with facts?
If it was a rogue mission, authorized by an underling who shouldn't have done so, it's easy to say something like "Wilson was sent by a mid-level officer at the agency on a lark, not by the director or anyone in his office."
What does the fact that it was his wife really add? Other than outing her, which has nothing to do with the substance.
Rove signed the waiver only after the leak became an issue. He's savvy at damage control, and had to sign the waiver given Bush's edict. And the waiver apparently wasn't understood by cooper until last week to have counted.
