Rove v. Plame

According to the American Prospect, Karl Rove told the FBI last October that he was not the source of the leak that outed Valerie Plame as a CIA operative - but he did admit that he circulated and discussed damaging information about her

with others in the White House, outside political consultants, and journalists, according to a government official and an attorney familiar with the ongoing special counsel's investigation of the matter. ...

Rove and other White House officials described to the FBI what sources characterized as an aggressive campaign to discredit Wilson through the leaking and disseminating of derogatory information regarding him and his wife to the press, utilizing proxies such as conservative interest groups and the Republican National Committee to achieve those ends, and distributing talking points to allies of the administration on Capitol Hill and elsewhere. Rove is said to have named at least six other administration officials who were involved in the effort to discredit Wilson.

So, the story is, he didn't originate the leak, he just played it up, pushed it, spread it as aggressively as he could, all for political payback.

Oh, well, that's all right, then.

Link via Daily News Online.