Karl Rove: White House Surveilling Fox Reporter Is ‘Chilling,’ ‘Beyond The Pale’

[ProSense]

Karl Rove: White House Surveilling Fox Reporter Is ‘Chilling,’ ‘Beyond The Pale’

Appearing Monday on Fox News, Karl Rove attacked the Obama administration's surveilling of Fox reporter James Rosen in a leak investigation as "chilling" and its rationale for doing so "beyond the pale."

"We had to confront this question during the Bush administration," he said. "There were leaks of classified information and in each and every instance, the focus was on the potential leak, not the reporter who received it."

Rove defended the need to prosecute leaks but said the media shouldn't be targeted.

"This is really chilling," he said.

Rove said of Rosen: "This is a clear declaration by the FBI and Department of Justice they considered him a target of a criminal investigation, and wanted to prosecute him for criminal conspiracy. This is beyond the pale."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/karl-rove-white-house-surveilling-fox-reporter-is

Reporter Says He First Learned of C.I.A. Operative From Rove
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022850304

WaPo: DOJ Spied On Fox News Reporter (a perfect example of media complicity - updated)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022871121

[Dawson Leery]

1. These bastards deliberately ignore their own history.

[winterpark]

9. Because outing a covert intelligence agent when she's abroad and could be killed isn't chilling. n/t

[spanone]

2. kkkarl rove's pac, american crossroads getting a tax exemption is much more chilling to me

[defacto7]

3. and people still listen to this guy?

[hrmjustin]

4. That's rich coming from him.

[MadrasT]

5. ahahahAHAHAHAHAHhahahAHHAHA

Karl Rove calling something "chilling" and "beyond the pale"



Fuck Karl Rove.

[brett_jv]

6. I could swear some reporters were held in jail during the Valerie Plame incident ...

For refusing to divulge 'sources' despite court order. Or am I forgetting my history?

[unblock]

10. yeah, but that was a new york times reporter. fair game.

it's only off limits when it affects fauxnews, you see!

[Buzz Clik]

7. Scandal of the week #1. Bachman is working on one, too.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. Tell me again about Bengazi, Mr. Rumsfeld. nt

[closeupready]

11. Oh, sheez.

When it comes to being sneaky and tricky, this guy wrote the Sneaky Bible.

[lpbk2713]

12. O the putrid sanctimony.

I could handle it from almost anyone else ... but this asshole? Come on.


Hey Karl, heard from Valerie Plame lately?

[smirkymonkey]

18. Exactly!

Hyperbole much, Karl? You stinking little rat.

[sheshe2]

13. Karl Rove and Faux news is what's chilling!

[Snotcicles]

14. Karl Self-Surveillance Rove? no-way. nt

[JDPriestly]

15. I wonder what Rove thinks about Wikileaks.

Seems to me that if our government were more discerning in deciding what to classify, we wouldn't have such a problem with this.

[City Lights]

16. Fuck off, KKKarl.

[Blue Owl]

17. Take it from the Canned Ham

[bhikkhu]

19. The other side of the coin is "Fox reporter suspected of treason"

...which is how it would read at fox if the reporter were with MSNBC.

Amazing how they can spin criminal investigation as somehow unfair political targeting.

[siligut]

20. Hyperbole much KKKarl?

In other words, "Stop making our job of manipulating the public so hard."