What a nice day for a story to break. it is Independence Day in the US and
americans are waking up today with the news that Karl Rove, the guy who manufacture
Bush´s electoral propaganda and who is pretty much responsible for his winning, provided journalists with secret information allegedly to damage a politician who was against the war in Iraq.
Rove leaked the identity of an intelligence agent to the world. According to "Ohmy News" website, "rumors that Rove "ratted out" Plame in retaliation against her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, have been in and out of the news since the story first appeared in 2004, but Rove has repeatedly denied that he is involved.
The story broke after Matt Cooper writing for Time Magazine, refused to identigy his source.
The question for journalists now is whether or not we can refuse to identify our sources even if it means not cooperating with legal authorities. If we dont, doesnt that give room to journalists making up their sources?
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