Rove's Legal Team Caught: Involved With DoD Military Analyst Program.

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Part I: The DoD Email Linked To Rove's Legal Team and Correspondence to Congress

Page 107 and 111 show the same law firm as listed on the letter to Congressman Conyers. Legal counsel with the firm are reported to have disclosed Rove's involvement with specific meetings, not just those in conjunction with the military analysts. The White House, NSC, State Department, and other White House-connected personnel are also involved at 120.

The name of the law firm is on the letter head to the JudiciaryCommittee; and he email format and address match those provided throughthe DoD FOIA. The Major General listed on page 111has contact information matching the same Rove's law firm counsel wroteto Conyers. The firm's name also matches contact information on page 107 of theDoD emails.

These issues may or may not relate to war crimes issues, punishable by the death penalty. The DoD emails show the interaction between counsel and the government was not a narrow legal-advisory role.Not all attorney communications are protected.

In this case, some of the law firms communications appear to have been sent to non-represented parties, falling outside this exception. Counsel is foreseeably subject to discovery on all communications between counsel-affiliated persons, the US government, DoD and the White House.

Questions About Legal Counsel Motivations

Legal counsel to the President's chief political strategist appeared to feign confusion about various Judiciary Committee actions. Rove's legal team is connected with the DoD military analyst program. Counsel is prohibited from engaging in frivolous action which might delay a tribunal. Karl Rove's legal counsel should first ask the questions raised in the letter to their inhouse experts.

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