Pearlstine Blames Cooper and Others Former Time executive Norman Pearlstine reportedly uses his book (publishing today) OFF THE RECORD to clear himself of responsibility in the Valerie Plame/Matt Cooper case, while “naming names, mouthing off about his enemies, and firing back at those who criticized his cooperation with federal prosecutors,” Radar reports. Reporter Matt Cooper “was less than perfectly discreet after he got Karl Rove on the phone on Friday, July 11, 2003, to talk about Plame,” Pearlstine says. “More than two dozen Time Inc. employees… had had access to e-mails in which Matt had named Rove as his source.” […]