[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15755]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




ROVE NEEDS TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT IN VALERIE PLAME 
                                SCANDAL

  (Ms. WATSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WATSON. Mr. Speaker, Karl Rove needs to stop hiding behind his 
attorney and be straightforward with the American people about his 
involvement in the Valerie Plame scandal. Whether or not Karl Rove is 
the only administration official who leaked information to reporters 
remains to be seen. What is clear today is that Karl Rove has not been 
up-front with the American people. He has consistently denied any 
involvement in the case despite the revelation on Monday through his 
attorney that he did indeed tell a Time magazine reporter that Joseph 
Wilson's wife was a CIA agent. This is a serious breach of trust on 
Karl Rove's part. Truth and trust are devalued when this happens.
  Larry Johnson, a former CIA operative who worked with Plame, 
explained how serious Rove's actions were, and I am quoting: ``The fact 
that she's been undercover for 3 decades and has been divulged is 
outrageous because she was put undercover for certain reasons. One, she 
works in an area where people she meets with overseas could be 
compromised.''
  He needs to step down.

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