Rove is clearly responsible for outing a deep cover agent.

and he did it in a show of force, to hurt a perceived enemy and remind others who might oppose the current admin that they, too, could be hurt.

He will escape criminal prosecution (what he did doesn't qualify as a crime under the law due to several factors, none of which can be proved intentional criminal behavior).

Bush owes him too much (and he knows too much about Bush and his *coughs* laundry *cough*) to ever be ousted.

In this episode I think we will see the lack of responsibility and accountability in this admin.

If Rove is 'let go' it'll prolly be a sham where in reality he goes to work plotting the Jeb's election in 2008.

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