1. AT WHITE HOUSE, A DAY OF SILENCE ON ROLE OF ROVE.
- Author
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Stevenson, Richard W., Hulse, Carl, Johnston, David, and Liptak, Adam
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POLITICAL consultants , *CRIMINAL investigation , *LEAKS (Disclosure of information) , *DISCLOSURE , *WOMEN intelligence officers , *EVIDENCE , *CONFIDENTIAL communications , *UNITED States legislators , *INVESTIGATIONS , *INTELLIGENCE officers , *TRUTHFULNESS & falsehood , *INTELLIGENCE service , *REPUTATION , *IMAGE , *EMPLOYEES ,UNITED States politics & government, 2001-2009 - Abstract
Reports that the White House has refused to answer any questions about new evidence of the role of Karl Rove, senior aide to President George W. Bush, in leaking the name of an undercover Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer. Earlier statements by the White House that any administration official involved would be fired; Demands by Democrats that the administration provide a full account of any involvement by Rove; Concerns of Republicans about possible effects on Bush's second-term agenda; Comments of Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York; Refusal of the White House press secretary, Scott McClellan, to address questions about Rove in news briefings; How new evidence suggests that Rove discussed the CIA officer with a reporter from "Time" magazine without identifying her by name; Background on the criminal investigation into how the CIA officer's name came to appear in a syndicated newspaper column two years ago; Issue of Rove's standing as among the most powerful men in Washington, D.C. and his place in the innermost councils of the White House;. INSET: The White House on the Leak.
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- 2005