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I don't understand why you keep bringing this up.
The Plame leak was news long before anyone knew or seriously suspected Rove of being involved.

You seem to keep trying to reframe the issue questioning why this would be news...but I have to ask you: regardless of Rove's involvement, should it be news?
Do you take the hypothetical of whether this would be news and conclude that it should not be news?

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