Reply #50: H2O Man, I have a question

[Mandate My Ass]

IIRC, for the leak charge to stick in criminal court, isn't there a provision that the leaker was operating out of malice?

I think Rove got played by OVP. Maybe, just maybe, he gave up a bigger fish. The planners would be the ones acting out of malice while Rove was just the mouthpiece.

In civil court that wouldn't matter, would it? Simply that his actions caused irreparable harm to Valerie Plame and her career.

Thanks. :-)