William Rivers Pitt - The Most Insidious of Traitors
Folks,
I said yesterday that I would let you follow the rest of this story for
yourselves, and I will. But today’s column by William Rivers Pitt is too
good to pass up. He explains the ins and outs of the story, the legal
underpinnings, and gives us a rare glimpse inside the White House. Chilling
stuff.
Thanks to an alert reader for passing this on.
The Most Insidious of Traitors
By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Perspective
Tuesday 30 September 2003
“Even though I’m a tranquil guy now at this stage of my life, I have nothing
but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name
of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors.”
– George Herbert Walker Bush, 1999
Karl Rove, senior political advisor to George W. Bush, is a very
powerful man. That is not to say he has never been in trouble. Rove was
fired from the 1992 Bush Sr. campaign for trashing Robert Mosbacher, Jr.,
who was the chief fundraiser for the campaign and an avowed Bush loyalist.
Rove accomplished this trashing of Mosbacher by planting a negative story
with columnist Bob Novak. The campaign figured out that Karl had done the
dirty deed, and he was given his walking papers…………..
–C