THE ROVE PROBLEM.

Reports on the scandal involving U.S. President George W. Bush's campaign manager and chief political strategist Karl Rove and former CIA operative Valerie Wilson. Question of whether or not Rove committed a federal crime by discussion Wilson's identity as an undercover operative with the press; Author's view that it is no longer a mystery that Rove had a hand in revealing Wilson's identity to "Time" correspondent Matthew Cooper and columnist Robert Novak; Question of whether or not special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald can charge Rove with a crime; Political reputation of Rove; Discussion of Joseph Wilson's career in government and politics; Partisan controversy that has resulted from the scandal.