• Washington Post, Wednesday, June 14, 2006 11:15 AM

With White House adviser Karl Rove apparently avoiding criminal charges--for now--in the CIA leak investigation, the time is now for the press to start asking some questions--and to expect answers, writes Dan Froomkin in the Washington Post. Among other implications, the news "means [Special Prosecutor Patrick] Fitzgerald probably won't be shedding any more light on Rove's role in the outing of Valerie Plame.. By all rights, that latter job should now fall to the press." The White House has maintained ("spuriously," Froomkin says) that an ongoing criminal probe precluded them from answering any questions about Rove's actions. But "now, without charges against Rove in the offing, the media should demand answers to a slew of questions.....Just because Rove wasn't charged with a crime doesn't mean his conduct meets the standards the public expects from its White House."

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