Via the AP: Source: Rove Got CIA Agent ID From Media

Presidential confidant Karl Rove testified to a grand jury that he learned the identity of a CIA operative originally from journalists, then informally discussed the information with a Time magazine reporter days before the story broke, according to a person briefed on the testimony.

As I noted yesterday, I thought that there were missing pieces to this puzzle, and this just confirms it. And this helps explain, and least in part, as to why even with the Cooper/Rove revelations that Judith Miller isn’t off the hook.

Meanwhile, all of this makes Volokhian Orin Kerr wonder about a loop of infinite leaks.

h/t: Chris Lawrence