Why Rove Called Novak. Murray Waas reports, that he was on orders to defend Fran Townsend, the new NSC homeland security czar, who was the subject of internal administration whispering campaign for having worked in the Clinton-era justice department. And who was telling Novak that Townsend was an "enemy within"? David Addington and Scooter Libby, in Cheney's office, were leading that jihad, Waas reports. Go read the piece. The story seems to be sourced by someone trying to help Rove out, e.g. his lawyer, but it does explain the information that gave Fitzgerald pause and resulted in the delay in any Rove indictment before the first grand jury expired.

Posted by Laura at December 16, 2005 08:41 AM