Investigative reporter Murray Waas reports in Talking Points Memo that former Bush advisor Karl Rove has changed his stance on a Departement of Justice investigation of the fired U.S. Attorneys led by Special Prosecutor Nora Dannehy.
Karl Rove will cooperate with a federal criminal inquiry underway into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys and has already spoken to investigators in a separate, internal DOJ investigation into the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, his attorney said in an interview.
Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, said in an interview that Rove's prior refusal to respond to subpoenas in these matters was merely a case of his following the directions of the Bush administration's White House counsel.
Right.
Karl Rove is an amoral opportunist primarily motivated by the perceived best interests of Karl Rove. His finely honed survival instinct tells him that with a new sherriff in town and the Department of Justice no longer the enforcement arm of the Republican party, he is better off cutting a deal than continuing to stonewall. Rove has been widely acknowledged as part of the tight inner circle responsible for Bush administration decisions dating back to former Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill's comments to Ron Suskind in The Price of Loyalty. If Rove starts talking there is no telling how many rocks will be turned over and creepy-crawlers revealed.
--Ballard Burgher
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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