Some People Suffer Road Rage, While Karl Rove Has Net Anger Issues

Few of us have such power to go after spammers but then, it's no surprise that Karl Rove knows how to abuse ALL his privileges. Is it?

From The NY Daily News:

When it comes to pesky e-mail spam, Karl Rove doesn't mess around.

The White House political adviser and deputy chief of staff took time from his busy schedule early last year to personally track down a bothersome spammer who made the mistake of hitting subscribers to President Bush's campaign site, the Daily News has learned.

Sometime after Rove intervened, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan opened a criminal investigation that ultimately led to the arrest of a Florida man while he was at the movies with his then-7-year-old daughter.

The businessman, Robert McAllister, who hired the spammer that infuriated Rove, now claims he's the victim of malicious prosecution brought about by the President's famously ruthless political aide.

"His voice was chilling," McAllister recalled in an interview Friday. "He says, 'Look, I got a Web site here called georgewbush.com and I got 900 subscribers and every one of them is getting e-mail from you.' He said, 'You gotta stop this right here and now. You've got to leave my subscribers alone.'"

On Friday, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia declined to comment on what role, if any, Rove had in spurring or aiding the probe that led to the spammer becoming a government cooperator and charges ultimately being filed against McAllister.

Rove said through White House spokeswoman Dana Perino that he "vaguely remembered" the spam onslaught, but did not recall making phone calls or e-mailing subordinates about it. He also said he could not recall whether he or any member of the White House or campaign contacted the Department of Justice about it.

However, e-mails, phone records and transcripts of secretly recorded phone conversations turned over to defense attorneys make it clear that Rove, in January 2005, was personally involved in finding the culprits who spammed the Bush campaign site.

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