Rove Under the Gun

Raw Story says Fitzgerald has been "working tirelessly" to determine if Rove committed perjury. Two interesting bits jump out: Rove disclosed that the Administration enlisted conservative interest groups and the Republican National Committee to get the job [leaks against Wilson] done, suggesting that perhaps dozens more individuals than previously known were aware of Plame-Wilson’s classified CIA status. Still, Rove did not reveal to investigators that he spoke with Novak before his column was published, the lawyers said. This implies Rove took the "dirty politics as usual" defense. Makes the administration look horrible and opens up a myriad of difficulties re:handling of classified info. It was only after Cooper had been forced to testify about his conversation with Rove this past summer that Rove recalled the interview, even though the conversation had taken place just three months before the October 2003 interview with the FBI. Too convenient to be credible? Fitzgerald is the Kasparov of prosecutors - time will tell if he's building a crushing attack against the question mark.