It sounds like it's almost hit home that Karl Rove was the leak that outed Valerie Plame as a CIA operative in order to stick one to her White House critic husband Joseph Wilson.

The e-mails surrendered by Time Inc., which are largely between Cooper and his editors, show that one of Cooper's sources was White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, according to two lawyers who asked not to be identified because they are representing witnesses sympathetic to the White House. Cooper and a Time spokeswoman declined to comment. But in an interview with NEWSWEEK, Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, confirmed that Rove had been interviewed by Cooper for the article.

Lawrence O'Donnell on the Huffington Post has more on how the story broke. It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out.

Bush team damage control to full power in 3...2...1...