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Byline: David Jackson
WASHINGTON _ The top White House attorney said Friday that presidential adviser Karl Rove did not breach ethics rules when he met with Intel executives at a time he owned more than $100,000 in company stock.
In a letter to a Democratic congressman, White House counsel Al Gonzales also said that Rove's past ownership of Enron stocks did not create a conflict of interest with the Bush administration's energy policy.
"Mr. Rove either had passing, inconsequential contacts or participated in broad policy discussions, neither of which presents an ethical problem under applicable regulations," Gonzales wrote to Rep. Henry A. Waxman,…