Monday, July 18, 2005

What a Difference a Year Makes

A year ago, President Bush said he would fire anyone involved in the leak of the name of a CIA operative. Today, he's taken that up a notch to "If someone committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration."

At least he's raising the bar on something.

Correction to my previous post: Time reporter Matt Cooper has clarified that Karl Rove never said he was speaking on "Double super secret background." The phrase was Cooper's and is, as I noted, a reference to Animal House and not a technical journalism term. Between this and the exact legal name of Ambassador Wilson's wife, we're now up to two things Karl Rove has not said.

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