Rove on the Spot

Our story on Karl Rove's involvement in the storm over the disclosure of a cia officer's identity drew mail from readers who criticized White House tactics, while others saw a partisan attack

Whether Karl Rove technically broke a law when he leaked the identity of cia operative Valerie Plame [wife of Administration critic Joseph Wilson] is beside the point [July 25]. Despite repeated denials by the White House, Rove talked about Plame to Time 's Matthew Cooper as well as to Robert Novak, the reporter who blew her cover. So the President's deputy chief of...