Lies, Lies, aand amdned lies, and liars

The President has set high standards, the highest of standards for people in
his administration. He's made it very clear to people in his administration
that he expects them to adhere to the highest standards of conduct. If
anyone in this administration was involved in it, they would no longer be in
this administration." (Scott McClellan 09/29/03)

"If someone leaked classified information, the President wants to know. If
someone in this administration leaked classified information, they will no
longer be a part of this administration, because that's not the way this
White House operates, that's not the way this President expects people in
his administration to conduct their business." (10/07/03)

Responding to media question referring to "anybody who leaked the agent's
[Valerie Plame's] name" and then asked the President "do you stand by your
pledge to fire anyone found to have done so," to which the President
responded "Yes. (06/10/04)

THE FACTS
Newsweek's publication of an email proving that White House senior adviser
Karl Rove told Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper that former ambassador
Joseph C. Wilson IV's wife worked at the CIA, Rove responded through his
lawyer that he did not give Cooper the name Valerie Plame -- Wilson's wife's
maiden name -- or Valerie Wilson, but merely referred to "Wilson's wife."
The media, including ABC News, The Washington Post, and Newsweek Howard
Kurtz, the Post's own media critic, found the distinction irrelevant.

From the July 11 edition of CNN's Live From..:

WOLF BLITZER (host): And there's no indication he actually released a name
to Matt Cooper other than saying she worked over at the CIA on WMD matters.

KURTZ: Well, I think the name thing is a matter of semantics. He says it's
Joe Wilson's wife, therefore it's Valerie Plame. I don't think that gets
Rove off the hook.

Moreover, what Kurtz suggested -- is that by referring to "Wilson's wife,"
Rove did -- as a practical matter -- name her. Anyone with web-search access
could have instantly discovered that "Wilson's wife" was Valerie Plame. At
the time, a simple web search of Wilson's name would have turned up his
biography on the Corporate & Public Strategy Advisory Group's website. The
biography, which referred to his wife as the "former Valerie Plame,"
appeared on the site as far back as February 8, 2003, according to the
Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.

Mr. Rove has not been fired. (Media Matters 07/11/05, Wikiepedia).