The Mahablog - July 2, 2005

More Old Business

There seems to be some further corroboration that Karl Rover was the leaker in the Valerie Plame case. Greg Mitchell writes for Editor & Publisher:

Lawrence O'Donnell, senior MSNBC political analyst, now claims that at least two authoritative sources have confirmed that one name is top White House mastermind Karl Rove.

This afternoon, Newsweek's Michael Isikoff confirmed that Cooper did indeed talk to Rove for his story, but Rove's lawyer denied he was the key leaker in the case.

Old Business

Before plunging into conjecture of which knuckle-dragging troglodyte the President will nominate to replace Justice O'Connor, I'd like to call your attention to a possible breakthrough in the Valerie Plame case. Josh Marshall has the background.

This news is a couple of days old, but I want to be sure it isn't completely crushed under Supreme Court nominee conjecture.