CIA Leak Case Watch: Grand Jury Adjourns for Day

Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005. Fitzgerald met with the grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer’s identity, putting finishing touches on a two-year criminal probe that may have ensnared two senior White House aides.

The ASSociated Press has Grand Jury in CIA Leak Case Adjourns.

The federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer’s identity met for three hours Wednesday with Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald and his deputies, adjourning for the day without announcing any action.

Fitzgerald is known to be putting the finishing touches on a two-year criminal probe that has ensnared
President Bush’s top political adviser Karl Rove and Vice President
Dick Cheney’s chief of staff I. Lewis Libby.

Away from the federal courthouse,
FBI agents conducted a handful of last-minute interviews to check facts key to the case.

After the grand jury left for the day, federal prosecutors conferred for about an hour in the grand jury area of the federal courthouse.

There was no word on whether Fitzgerald planned to make any announcement or when the grand jury planned to meet again.

Fitzgerald and the grand jurors entered the courthouse around 9 a.m. EDT, with just three days left before the jury’s term is set to expire. The timing on any decision is uncertain, however. It is possible for Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan to extend the life of the grand jury at Fitzgerald’s request. Such a step would be taken in secret.

22 MONTHS……..

A Plea Deal in the works?

An extension of the current Grand Jury?

Lawyers milking the system for fees?

The federal justice system on display………….like the Martha Stewart case…….

What a disgrace!