Watson Coleman: “It talks about Karl Rove the ``whistleblower.'' I don't want to read all of it, but in part it reads: For Mr. Rove is…”

“It talks about Karl Rove the ``whistleblower.'' I don't want to read all of it, but in part it reads: For Mr. Rove is turning out to be the real ``whistleblower'' in this whole sorry pseudoscandal. He's the one who warned Time's Matthew Cooper and other reporters to be wary of Mr. Wilson's credibility. He's the one who told the press the truth that Mr. Wilson had been recommended for the CIA consulting gig by his wife, not by Vice President Dick Cheney as Mr. Wilson was asserting on the airwaves. In short, Mr. Rove provided important background so Americans could understand that Mr. Wilson wasn't a whistleblower but was a partisan trying to discredit the Iraq War in an election campaign. I believe what I have read, that Mr. Rove may have said it was Wilson's wife who worked at the CIA. We don't know that. Did he know she was a covert agent. We don't know. It goes on and on to talk about the 1982 law: . . . Mr. Rove would had to have deliberately and maliciously exposed Ms. Plame knowing that she was an undercover agent and using information he'd obtained in an official capacity. But it appears Mr. Rove didn't even know Ms. Plame's name and had only heard about her work at Langley from other journalists. We don't know what he knows, Madam President. That is why there is a special counsel, and we should wait to find out what he finds. Nobody is arguing about debating these issues, but we are arguing about passing legislation.…”