Bush aide 'was reporter's source' | North America | Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (11-07-2005)

Bush aide 'was reporter's source' | North America | Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (11-07-2005):

"TOP White House adviser Karl Rove was one of the secret sources who spoke to reporters about a covert CIA operative whose identity was leaked to the media, Newsweek has reported.
Mr Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, confirmed Mr Rove talked to Time about former ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife, CIA agent Valerie Plame, the magazine reported.
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It is illegal to knowingly reveal the identity of an undercover CIA agent.

Mr Rove has previously made statements about the Plame leak but has never publicly acknowledged talking to any reporter about the CIA agent.
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He has chosen his words carefully when questioned about the leak.

'I didn't know her name, I didn't leak her name,' he told CNN last year when asked if he had had anything to do with the leak of Ms Plame's name."