If Rove talked, he better walk

Re “Democrats Take Aim at Rove in Leak Case,” July 12

Karl Rove, President Bush’s chief political strategist, may claim that he was not aware of breaking the law when he was working to discredit former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV. If so, he could have come forward at that time, made a public apology and at least offered to resign. Instead, he has caused the waste of millions of dollars for an investigation. I cannot believe that his colleagues in this administration, including the president, would have been unaware of his activities for two years. They have inconvenienced the nation’s business and brought us back to Watergate’s stonewall. If Rove decides that now would be a good time to spend more time with his family, I can only hope that it will be during visiting hours at Gitmo.

Jay Goren

Santa Monica

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So it appears that Rove was a source for the Valerie Plame leak. As Bush said in 2003, “If there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. And if the person has violated law, the person will be taken care of.” Unfortunately, in this administration that means Rove will probably get the presidential Medal of Freedom.

Steve Pfingst

Del Mar

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Now remember, boys and girls, the lesson our president is teaching you: It’s OK to lie about weapons of mass destruction and to divulge the names of CIA agents as long as no one can prove you broke the law.

Cyndi Wright

Irvine

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Re “Reporters aren’t above the law,” Commentary, July 10

Thank you, Michael Kinsley; you speak for many of us. It appears that “the media” have been giving their own fraternity quite a bit of self-serving professional courtesy in discussing this issue, and, not surprisingly, find themselves to be right and righteous. I suppose Kinsley will catch a lot of flak from the brotherhood.

Bruce Erickson

Anaheim

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Nowhere did I read in Kinsley’s piece that the New York Times ever published what reporter Judith Miller had “discovered.” Why not? What law did she break? Contrary to the Kinsley theses, the New York Times has, in fact, a sacred right to uncover corruption wherever it is discovered, much as it did to help shine its powerful light upon Richard Nixon and his merry band of crooks. The journalists at the Los Angeles Times have every reason to worry that they have a shill for the current administration in their midst.

Gary Hearty

Los Angeles