Don't compare Rove, Berger

Regarding the Sandy Berger and Karl Rove parallel: Berger wanted to get some work done at home. That's the extent of his indiscretion. He took some classified documents home so he could prepare for his testimony for the 9/11 commission. National security was not compromised. It was a mistake, and he admitted it.

Karl Rove, at the very least, revealed the identity of an undercover CIA operative to two different reporters, as part of a lie he was peddling. That's what we know.

A special prosecutor will sort out the legalities here, but Rove's actions constitute the nastiest kind of political retribution. To suggest his actions are even remotely equivalent to Berger's is preposterous.

Eric Samuelsen

Provo