Rove critical of NY Times for ‘outing’ CIA agent

Source: The Raw Story

Former presidential aide Karl Rove has been widely suspected of having played a major role in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame. These suspicions have never been fully dispelled, even when former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage acknowledged he was the person who gave Plame’s name to columnist Robert Novak, who then revealed it in print.

On Tuesday, Fox’s Bill O’Reilly suggested to Rove that the New York Times, in particular, had hounded him in the Plame affair, making it ironic that the Times itself recently revealed the name of a CIA interrogator.

“Last week, the New York Times outed a CIA agent — I’m not going to mention his name — who interrogated Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,” said O’Reilly. “The CIA asked the New York Times not to do that, it obviously puts the CIA agent in danger because al Qaeda knows who he is, and they say, ‘Well, we’ll out anybody unless they’re under cover.’”

The Times added an Editor’s Note to the story following its initial publication, explaining why they had revealed the interrogator’s name even though the CIA asked them not to do so. “After discussion with agency officials and a lawyer for Mr. Martinez, the newspaper declined the request, noting that Mr. Martinez had never worked under cover. … The newspaper seriously considered the requests from Mr. Martinez and the agency. But in view of the experience of other government employees who have been named publicly in books and published articles or who have themselves chosen to go public, the newspaper made the decision to print the name.”

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Project the worst of your own failings onto others and blame them for it.

but that's okay. they report a name. how dare they? he is one of the most hypocritical despicable characters alive in the world today. why isn't his ass in jail?!?!?!

This shit is just funny. Rove is such a fuck.