[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 93 (Tuesday, July 12, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H5644]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       KARL ROVE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN OUTING OF COVERT CIA AGENT

  (Ms. SLAUGHTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, we now know that Karl Rove is one of the 
White House officials directly involved in the outing of a covert CIA 
agent.
  Rove and his attorneys can parse the words all they want, but it is 
now clear that while Rove may not have given a reporter Plame's name, 
he clearly identified her by telling the reporter that Joseph Wilson's 
wife was a CIA agent.
  Does Rove expect us to believe that any reporter worth a byline could 
not easily find out the actual name of Wilson's wife? And, as 
disturbing as this is, it is even more disturbing that President Bush 
continues to support Rove.
  In September 2003, President Bush told reporters, ``If there is a 
leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is.'' Well, the 
President now knows at least one of the persons in his administration 
is responsible for this leak. The question is, will he keep his word 
and fire Mr. Rove?
  President Bush should not forget the comments of his own father who 
in a speech before the CIA in 1999 said, ``I have nothing but contempt 
and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the names of our 
sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors.'' And 
right on, first President Bush.
  If this President agrees with his father, he will fire Karl Rove and 
clear the way for his prosecution.

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