Roving in Uncharted Waters

Karl Rove may be back on the hotseat in the Plame leak case. The NYT is reporting that the summoning of Ms. Novak, which we first reported here is likely to focus on contadictory statements and/or alterations of testimony(s) Rove gave to the Grand Jury after learning that Matt Cooper might possibly have identified Rove as a source in the leak.

From the NYT piece:

People involved in the case said that at a minimum Ms. Novak communicated to Mr. Luskin that Mr. Rove might face legal problems because of potential testimony from Mr. Cooper, her colleague. They said Ms. Novak had told Mr. Luskin that Mr. Cooper might have been in contact with Mr. Rove about Ms. Wilson in the days before her identity became public. Mr. Cooper helped write an article on Time's Web site in July 2003 that was among the first, after Mr. Novak's column, to divulge Ms. Wilson's identity, using her maiden name, Valerie Plame.

As stated, that may be the minimum of Rove's trouble with regard to this piece of the puzzle. However, the NYT also reports in some detail the circumstances surrounding an email from Rove to Stephen Hadley that recounted a conversation beteween Rove and Cooper which in turn lead to Rove's altering of his testimony. Guess what is in the email? Details of a conversation Rove had with Cooper prior to his Grand Jury testimony.

Oh yeah. Karl is definitely out of the woods here. NOT!