Bush said yesterday "The Constitution gives the president the power of clemency to be used when he deems it to be warranted."

"It is my judgment that a pardon in Mr. Rove’s case or cases, which may arise, is an appropriate exercise of this power," Bush said.

"I refer to any mis-guided attempt to prosecute Mr. Rove for betraying a CIA agent or for sacking attorneys for political reasons and all other criminal acts he committed while in the White House, " Bush said.

Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), said Bush should have gone further. "While for a long time I have urged a pardon for Rove and Cheney, I respect the president's decision. This will allow a good American, who has done a lot for his country, to continue his normal life without the interference of the law."

July Friday 29 2005 (05h28)

bellaciao

KARL ROVE and VARIOUS SPIES HE IS LINKED TO

Karl Rove’s only full-time foreign-policy advisor is Michael Ledeen, a rabid anti-Arab, pro-Israel activist. The FBI is investigating Ledeen for procuring forged documents (shown here) on nonexistent WMD, which George Bush used to justify his war on Iraq. When Joseph Wilson exposed the farce, Rove helped "out" Wilson’s CIA wife. Did Ledeen procure the documents for Rove, and how might he have done that? The story includes multinational stool pigeon Rocco Martino, Italian spy Francesco Pazienza, wanted CIA spy Robert Seldon Lady, and Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin, who’s under charges of giving US secrets to Israel.

Karl Rove’s foreign-policy advisor, Michael Ledeen, proclaimed "the rightness of the fascist cause" in 1972. In 1984 he got George Bush Sr to appoint Iranian arms merchant and Iranian/Israeli double-agent Manucher Ghorbanifar as a middleman in the scandalous Iran-Contra affair. Ledeen has been a fixture in Washington and Israel ever since, advocating a modern version of the Crusades against Islamic nations. Based on what he has said and written, I believe Ledeen is insane.

Michael Ledeen, Rove’s "brain," is one of the leading advocates for a US attack on Iran.

http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=7256

Asia Times

Veteran neo-con advisor moves on Iran

By Jim Lobe

Jun 26, 2003

WASHINGTON - When The Washington Post published a list of the people whom Karl Rove, President George W Bush's closest advisor, regularly consults for advice outside the administration, foreign policy veterans were shocked when Michael Ledeen popped up as the only full-time international affairs analyst.

"The two met after Bush's election," the Post reported cheerfully, quoting Ledeen about Rove's request that "any time you have a good idea, tell me". "More than once, Ledeen has seen his ideas, faxed to Rove, become official policy or rhetoric," noted the newspaper.

"When I saw that, I couldn't believe it," said one retired senior diplomat. "But then again, with this administration, it seemed frighteningly plausible."

Michael A Ledeen, resident scholar in the Freedom Chair at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he works closely with the better-known former chairman of the Defense Policy Board, Richard Perle, has been a fixture of Washington's neo-conservative community for more than 20 years. But he is now out front, in a public campaign for the United States to confront Iran, warning that Tehran will cause Washington problems in both Iraq and Afghanistan and that "the mullahs are determined to obliterate Israel".

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EF26Ak03.html

HIS UNHOLINESS (GEORGE WARMONGER BUSH) : "Sorry to Oil the Bush Bohemian Grove Felonies Committed on 9-11, the Post 9-11 Bush Bohemian Grove Felonies, the Post 9-11 Bush Bohemian Grove USSA Patriot Act, the Post 9-11 Bush Bohemian Grove Immunity to Prosecution for Felonies Committed while in Office, and the Post 9-11 Bush Bohemian Grove Draconian Oil Junta Dictatorial Powers in Amerika but Oil comes First. READY TO REVEL WITH THE DEVIL ???????????????"