MSNBC Analyst Says Cooper Documents Reveal Karl Rove as Source in Plame Case
This would be the most ironic story ever – Journo leaks via unknown source – Supreme Court rules that journos have to give up sources – Supreme Court member resigns – Rove gets to be spindoctor for replacement – MSNBC analyst says that Rove was the leaker.
“Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal court, presumably revealing who its reporter, Matt Cooper, identified as his source in the Valerie Plame/CIA case, speculation runs rampant on the name of that source, and what might happen to him or her. Tonight, on the syndicated McLaughlin Group political talk show, Lawrence O’Donnell, senior MSNBC political analyst, claimed to know that name–and it is, according to him, top White House mastermind Karl Rove.”
Somehow this doesn’t ring true. This rumor has been around blogs for a while, but this is the first time I’ve seen a major outlet cover it. It couldn’t be true, could it?