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ROE V. ROVE.

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As of last Monday, when Time and Newsweek hit the stands with Karl Rove on their covers, the elements were in place for a good old-fashioned second-term White House scandal wallow. In Rove himself--baby-faced hatchet man, architect of the political career of George W. Bush, possessor of one of the most admiring nicknames Bush has ever bestowed (Boy Genius) and one of the most pungent (Turd Blossom), deputy chief of the White House staff--the story had a villain, who, like all the best villains, came equipped with vassals acclaiming him a hero. It had a silent, remorseless lawman in Patrick Fitzgerald, the special counsel tasked with investigating the unauthorized and possibly unlawful disclosure of the identity of a covert C.I.A. operative. It had a colorful supporting cast, including the spy herself (an attractive blonde whose neighbors thought she was just another working mom), her husband (a flamboyant ex-diplomat whose secret mission and subsequent apostasy set the stage for skulduggery), and a Times reporter jailed for her refusal to talk. Rove's...

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