[[Republican]] political strategist '''Karl Christian Rove''', best known as President [[George W. Bush]]'s top advisor, earned him the nickname "Bush's Brain."
*[[Fred Barnes]] "A 'Third Term' for Bush", ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', Monday March 20, 2006, p. A16. Barnes suggests a major shakeup at the White House, sending Rove to chair the Republican National Committee.
*[http://wwwbusinessjournalism.murraywaas.info org/2010/10/04/reuters-and-milwaukee-journal-sentinel-receive-2010-barlett-steele-awards/ Murray Waas,] [http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/0330nj1.htm "Insulating Bush,"] ''National Journal'', March 30, 2006.*[http://www.murray-waas.com/ [Dan Froomkin]],] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/03/31/BL2006033100695.html "A Compelling Story,"] ''White House Watch'' Blog/''Washington Post'', March 31, 2006.
*David Corn, [http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?bid=3&pid=78126 "Rove on the Stand?"] ''The Nation'', April 18, 2006.
*Terence Hunt, [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUSH_SHAKEUP?SITE=TXABI&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&SECTION=HOME "Rove Surrenders Some Control in Shake-Up,"] Associated Press, April 20, 2006.
*E.J. Dionne, Jr., [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/15/AR2006051501201.html "Rove vs. Reality,"] ''Washington Post'', May 16, 2006.
*Michael McAuliff, [http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/418232p-353169c.html "Karl dreaming if he thinks W beloved, say pundits,"] ''New York Daily News'', May 16, 2006.
*[http://murraywaasbusinessjournalism.crooksandliars.comorg/2010/10/04/aboutreuters-and-milwaukee-journal-sentinel-receive-2010-barlett-steele-awards/ Murray Waas,] [http://0-news.nationaljournal.com.libus.csd.mu.edu/articles/0525nj1.htm "Rove-Novak Call Was Concern to Leak Investigators,"] ''National Journal'', May 25, 2006.
*[http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/National+Reporting Shane Harris and Murray Waas,] [http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/0525nj2.htm "Justice Department Probe Foiled"] ''National Journal'', May 25, 2006.
*Mike Gehrke, [http://www.senatemajority.com/node/381 "Karl Rove Taking Bullets?"] ''Senate Majority Project'', June 13, 2006: ""Except for a lapse of several months, Selective Service records show presidential adviser Karl Rove escaped the [[draft]] for nearly three years at the height of the Vietnam War using student deferments." [http://www.talkleft.com/new_archives/007928.html]
*Paul Kiel, [http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003103.php "Today's Must Read,"] ''TPMmuckraker'', April 26, 2007.
*Garrett Epps, [http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/10/voting_rights/ "Karl Rove's big election-fraud hoax. Republican manipulation of the polls long predates the U.S. attorneys plot -- and the U.S. voting system needs an overhaul,"] ''Salon'', May 10, 2007.
*[http://www.murraywaasprnewswire.com /news-releases/reuters-and-milwaukee-journal-sentinel-receive-2010-barlett--steele-awards-104329693.html Murray Waas,] [http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/070510nj1.htm "Administration Withheld E-mails About Rove,"] ''National Journal'', May 10, 2007.
*Adam Zagorin, [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1627427,00.html?xid=rss-nation "Rove Named in Alabama Controversy,"] ''TIME'' Magazine, June 1, 2007.
*Satyam Khanna, [http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/09/rove-at-aspen/ "Rove: ‘I Make No Apologies’ For Any Of Administration’s Mistakes Or Lies,"] ''Think Progress'', July 9, 2007.
====2008====
*Dan Froomkin, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/05/02/BL2008050202043.html "What Karl Rove Fears the Most,"] Washington Post, May 2, 2008.
*[http://www.murray-waastalkleft.com /story/2006/05/15/111/49986 Murray Waas,] [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/07/white-house-nightmare-sce_n_117548.html "U.S. Attorney Probe Enters White Hosue Circle,"] ''Huffington Post'', August 7, 2008.*[http://wwwarchive.pressthink.murraywaasorg/2006/04/09/waas_now.com html Murray Waasand John A'mato], [http://murraywaas.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/07/104/ "The Dog Days of Summer and Executive Privilege,"] personal blog, August 7, 2008.
*[http://murraywaas.crooksandliars.com/about/ Murray Waas,] [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/19/new-justice-department-pu_n_119821.html "New Justice Department Push to Keep Bush Aides From Testifying,"]'' Huffington Post'', August 19, 2008.
*[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/murray_waas_1/2009/02/01-week/ Murray Waas & Justin Rood,] [http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5912290&page=1 "Report: White House Inolved in U.S. Attorney Firings,"] ABCNews.com, Sept. 29, 2008.
====2009====
*[http://www.murraywaasrussbaker.me com/archives/CJR%20-%20Iraqgate,%20by%20Russ%20W_%20Baker.htm Murray Waas,][http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/attorney_rove_will_cooperate_with_doj_probes.php "Attorney: Rove Will Cooperate with DOJ Probes,"] ''TPM Muckraker'', Feb. 2, 2009.
*Damozel, [http://bucknakedpolitics.typepad.com/buck_naked_politics/2009/02/one-for-the-books-rove-to-cooperate.html "Rove to Cooperate...Or Not? Who Knows!"] ''Buck Naked Politics'', Feb. 3, 2009.
*[http://dir.salon.com/topics/murray_waas/ [Murray Waas]],] [http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/grand_jury_investigation_of_us_attorney_firings_fo.php "U.S. Attorney Scandal: Feds Probe Domenici For Obstruction of Justice,"] ''TPM Muckrake''r, Feb. 4, 2009.
*[[Murray Waas]], [http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/_at_least_eleven_bush.php "The Big Stone Wall: Nine Bush-Era Officials Refused to Cooperate With DOJ Probes,"] T''PM Muckraker'', Feb. 18, 2009.
*[[Murray Waas]], [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200904u/us-attorney-bogden "A U.S. Attorney's Story,"] [http://www.theatlantic.com/murray-waas/ the ''Atlantic'',] April 20, 2009.