Karl Rove Timeline

Just a quick recap tonight on the timeline for leakgate just in case some of you are not aware of the timeline of this happening. This is courtesy of http://www.usatoday.com


February: Joe Wilson, a former foreign service officer and diplomat who had served in Niger and Iraq, is sent to Niger by CIA to investigate rumors Saddam Hussein had tried to purchase enriched �yellowcake� uranium from the African country.

Feb. 22: Wilson tells CIA and State Department the rumors are �unequivocally wrong.�

January: President Bush in State of the Union speech says: �The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.�

June 10: A memo for undersecretary of State refers to Valerie Plame as Wilson's wife and describes her role as a CIA officer in recommending Wilson for the trip.

July 6: Wilson in New York Times op-ed about his Niger trip accuses the Bush administration of �exaggerat(ing) the Iraqi threat.�

July 8: Robert Novak discusses Wilson with Karl Rove. According to The New York Times, Novak tells Rove Wilson's wife was involved in setting up the trip, and Rove says, �I heard that, too.�

July 11: Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper has conversation with Rove, who tells him Wilson's wife works at the CIA and authorized the trip. Later, CIA Director George Tenet apologizes for uranium claim.

July 14: Novak writes in his column: �Wilson never worked for the CIA, but his wife, Valerie Plame, is an Agency operative. Two senior administration officials told me Wilson's wife suggested sending him to Niger.�

Sept. 16: Asked about a potential Rove role in Wilson story, White House spokesman Scott McClellan calls it �totally ridiculous.�

Sept. 26: Justice Department begins investigation.

Sept. 30: President says, �If there's a leak … I want to know who it is. … If the person has violated the law, that person will be taken care of.�

June 10: President, asked whether he'd fire anyone who leaked Plame's name, replies: �Yes.�

July 7: A Senate panel releases report on Iraq, which says Plame wrote a memo recommending Wilson for the trip.

October: Rove testifies before a grand jury.

Feb. 15: Appeals court rules Time's Cooper and New York Times' Judith Miller, who talked to sources about Wilson and Plame, have to go before the grand jury.

June 30: Time agrees to turn over Cooper's notes.

July 4: Rove lawyer Robert Luskin tells Newsweek that Rove did discuss Plame with reporters before the Novak column.

July 6: Miller protects notes; is sent to prison.

July 13: Cooper confirms that his source was Rove.

now just a recap of the three most important dates and what was said


Sept. 30: President says, �If there's a leak … I want to know who it is. … If the person has violated the law, that person will be taken care of.�

June 10: President, asked whether he'd fire anyone who leaked Plame's name, replies: �Yes.�

July 13: Cooper confirms that his source was Rove.

So Mr. So-called President are you gonna stick by your guns or prove you are the loser most of us think you are. The ball is in your court