To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (1994 ) 7/14/2005 5:21:36 AM From: zonder Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2534 He [Rove] will be made Prince of Monaco Err, no. We only accept as royalty those young jet-setters whose promiscuity, preferably of a bisexual nature, shock the pants out of even paparazzis, with equal-opportunity offspring in various parts of the world -g-You got recordings to prove your version? HUH? Since when does anyone need RECORDINGS to prove a news item on SI??? You are getting strange in your old age, Laz :-)Because versions I've read say no such thing. Maybe you should lay off bloggers and read real news sources for a change: Rove's name surfaced in a July 11, 2003, e-mail from a Time magazine reporter to his editor that was disclosed this week by Newsweek magazine. The memo says Rove gave a ``big warning'' about pursuing Wilson's claims and said it was ``Wilson's wife, who apparently works at the agency on WMD issues who authorized'' Wilson's trip to Niger.bloomberg.com Rove gave Cooper a "big warning" not to "get too far out on Wilson." Rove said the origins of Wilson's mission were "flawed and suspect" because, according to Rove, Wilson had been sent to Niger at the suggestion of his wife, who works for the CIA. iht.com In 2003, President Bush assigned a retired diplomat, Joe Wilson, to investigate a report that Iraq was on a path toward nuclear weapons. To the president's chagrin, Wilson finds no evidence to support the rumor. In retaliation, someone in the Bush administration -- probably adviser Karl Rove -- leaks word that Wilson's wife is an undercover agent of the CIA. Columnist Robert Novak outs the agent.news.yahoo.com Documents the magazine turned over to investigators indicated that Rove, in a conversation with Matthew Cooper, said Wilson's wife was a CIA agent. Wilson had said publicly that the CIA asked him to investigate a report that Iraq tried to purchase uranium from Niger, and that he found that was unlikely to have occurred. According to Cooper's notes, Rove said it was Wilson's wife who recommended him for the trip, and Wilson could not be trusted.edition.cnn.com Is it clearer now? :-)