Whether Rove or Libby are in deep trouble is anyone’s guess. But this story is more amusing than a three-ring circus.

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ROVE, LIBBY DISCUSSED CIA OPERATIVE

Details Of Grand Jury Testimony Emerge

October 20, 2005

By JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press

Rove told grand jurors it was possible he first heard in the White House that Valerie Plame, wife of former ambassador Joseph Wilson, worked for the CIA from Libby's recounting of a conversation with a journalist, according to people familiar with his testimony.

Libby's testimony stated that Rove had told him about his contact with Novak and that Libby had told Rove about information he had gotten about Wilson's wife from NBC's Tim Russert, according to a person familiar with the information shown to Rove.

Prosecutors, however, have a different account from Russert. The network has said Russert told authorities he did not know about Wilson's wife's identity until it was published and therefore could not have told Libby about it.

Prosecutors also have evidence that Libby initiated the call with Russert and had initiated similar contact with another reporter, Judith Miller of The New York Times, several weeks earlier.