Karl Rove admits having a "senior moment" in his testimony to the House Judiciary Committee, dancing around the key allegations that he had direct knowledge and an active role in the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and the firings of U.S. attorneys. He takes what Washington insiders call the Ronald Reagan defense, a.k.a. the "Alzheimer's defense," as in "I don't recall." In other words, and in contradiction with other published reports that Rove once again denied his role in manipulating the justice system from the White House, Rove's testimony is what we call in the news business, a "non-denial denial." Read the full story in the New York Times of blogs, The Locust Fork News-Journal.