Karl Rove may be called by Scooter Libby's defense, which has indicated this week in court that it will track a defense strategy towards proving that Scooter Libby was a scapegoat.
The notion seems to have come from Dick Cheney's pen, which made a comment that he would not sacrifice one staffer for another. This comment is being interpreted by Newsweek as an indication that Karl Rove was saved and Scooter Libby was scape goated.
That ploy seems a little to simple to me. Dick Cheney has a lot of experience in Washington and is probably smart enough not to write something that he knows will likely show up in court. I would offer the possibility that the Vice President new that this would be read and used this as a way of providing a reasonable doubt for Scooter Libby to escape with an innocent verdict.
Thus the VP saves one staffer immediately and saves another staffer later on in the game with a well placed written comment for defense counsel to subpoena.
From Brouhaha.com
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