ONLINE EXTRAS SITE SERVICES  >   > Thursday, Jul 21, 2005 Local             Posted on Wed, Jul. 20, 2005 Commentary by GARRISON KEILLOR A complicated web of spies, masterminds and undercover manipulation I feel it's time for me to step forward and tell what I know about Karl Rove's conversation with columnist Robert Novak in which Mr. Novak reportedly told Mr. Rove that CIA operative Valerie Plame had been responsible for her husband Joseph Wilson going to Niger to debunk the White House's claim that Saddam Hussein was shopping for uranium in Africa to make nuclear weapons and that's why we invaded Iraq, and Mr. Rove said, "Yes, I've heard that, too." Mr. Rove has been accused of revealing the identity of a covert intelligence officer. This simply isn't true. I happened to be in Mr. Rove's office when the phone rang. I was there on behalf

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