Rovegate - Is it now about perjury?

Testimony By Rove And Libby Examined

The whole Plame/Rove/Wilson affair may have just taken a critical turn. It may no longer be about “who outted Valerie Plame,” but rather about “who lied to the Special Prosecutor.” That would be a wholly different case. You could forget everything you have read about the underlying affair. If Rove, who has testified five times to the grand jury, didn’t tell the truth about any aspect of the case, then the game is up.

Today’s Wa Po lays this out:

Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has been reviewing over the past several months discrepancies and gaps in witness testimony in his investigation of the unmasking of CIA operative Valerie Plame, according to lawyers in the case and witness statements.

Fitzgerald has spent considerable time since the summer of 2004 looking at possible conflicts between what White House senior adviser Karl Rove and vice presidential staff chief I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby told a grand jury and investigators, and the accounts of reporters who talked with the two men, according to various sources in the case.

Fitzgerald’s review of apparent discrepancies are further evidence that his investigation has ranged beyond his original mission to determine if someone broke the law by knowingly revealing the identity of a covert operative.

This is very serious sh*t, comrades. I don’t need to remind anyone that “lying about it afterwards” was what got Bill Clinton impeached. Whether Rove or Libby broke any laws and whether they did/didn’t out Mrs. Wilson may be irrelevant. Did they lie about any of those events under oath?

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