Well, I really have not been reading ALL of the blogosphere on the Rove flame-out, but here is a small bit which really captures the modern insanity of deception and spin w=in which we find ourselves.
Media Notes Extra: "Craig Crawford ponders whether it was all a Rovian plot:
'If Karl Rove planned this -- which I doubt -- he really is a genius:
'1.) He leaks to Time's Matt Cooper in such a way that he avoids the law's intent requirement for criminal liability (Newsweek notes that Cooper's email shows nothing indicating Rove knew or revealed that Valerie Plame was an undercover agent, only that she worked at the CIA).
'2.) The ensuing grand jury investigation dramatically weakens the news media and future leakers, as reporters must decide whether to testify or go to jail, and even turns Rove's foes in the public against the reporters involved because they are seen as protecting him.
'In other words, by making himself a protected source who loses that protection, Rove makes it easier for the government to use federal courts to target all leakers. This would give Machiavelli a migraine.'"