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Karl Rove = Official A?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Breaking News, The Plame Game

As most of you already know, Libby was indicted yesterday and Rove is still under investigation.

Today I read a story about a senior administration official, known only as “Official A”, will most likely be called to testify in Libby’s trial. And given that Rove has said recently he first heard Valerie Plame’s name from Libby, this could most certainly mean he’s Official A.

This is what the AP speculates too.

It has been known that columnist Robert Novak spoke to Rove on July 9, 2003, saying he planned to report over the weekend that Valerie Plame, the wife of Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson, had worked for the CIA. Rove told the columnist he had heard similar information.

Friday’s indictment says “Official A” is a “senior official in the White House who advised Libby on July 10 or 11 of 2003″ about a chat with Novak about his upcoming column in which Plame would be identified as a CIA employee.

Late Friday, three people close to the investigation, each asking to remain unidentified because of grand jury secrecy, identified Rove as Official A.

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