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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
How can the "prosecution" find Rove guilty, when he's not on trial?
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What pushed this case into the limelight was a supposed link to Rove, that HE either condoned someone else in the WH to out the CIA agent, or revealed her name himself. They are going after Rove, no?
Do you think this would be news if Rove were not involved?
shakran, you are right - he said he had permission to rat out his source. It looks like his employer (Time) put him in the position where he had no choice because they gave the court his notes (which contained his sources), so he was screwed from the word GO wasn't he? As for the court legislating from the bench, well, the judge ordered the journalists to reveal their sources. I'm not a lawyer (thankfully), but isn't it automatically 'contempt of court' if you don't follow the court's instructions?
Elphaba, I think all of us here would be very interested to hear about these alterior motives you speak of. I do wonder if she is ONLY standing on priniciple. Some have been known to voluntarily go to jail to escape something or someone. Do tell!
