Political WavesCommentary on the latest political, cultural, social, and sporting events.Rovegate Revisited: The Contours of a Conspiracy Emerge- July 24, 2005 Back in February of 2004, I wrote about the political woes of the Bush reelection campaign, predicting that the president would soon take a tremendous public relations hit when the grand jury indicts someone from his administration for outing Ambassador Joseph Wilsons wife, a covert agent in the CIA. Scott McClellan, White House Press Secretary, and Mary Matalin, former advisor to Vice President Cheney have already been called before a grand jury. This case may soon explode on several levels It.http://journals.aol.com/jeffrowan111/PoliticalWaves/entries/2005/07/24/rovegate-revisited-... Rove, Rogues, and Reporters' Confidentiality- July 13, 2005 Few recent controversies have had as many disturbing elements as that of the Karl Rove-Valerie Plame caper. If the notion of a high White House official leaking the identity of a covert CIA agent isnt troubling enough, much of the resulting spin and analysis has managed to further muddy the waters. Lets examine some of the problematic pieces of this puzzle: Reporters and Confidentiality. On July 6, NY Times Reporter Judith Miller was jailed at a detention center in Alexandria, Virginia for.http://journals.aol.com/jeffrowan111/PoliticalWaves/entries/2005/07/13/rove-rogues-and-rep... The Truth about Troop Levels in Iraq- July 6, 2005 One of the great mysteries of the Iraq war is why more American troops have not been deployed. Two years into the war effort, Iraqis access to electricity is little better than it was during the Saddam era (6-8 hours a day); insurgents are streaming across the Syrian border unchecked; around Baghdad citizens are afraid to casually walk the streets. For two years running, Senators McCain, Biden, Hagel, and Lugar have returned from trips to Iraq with the same message: We need more troops to...http://journals.aol.com/jeffrowan111/PoliticalWaves/entries/2005/07/06/the-truth-about-tro... |