CIA Leak Case Watch: Libby Awaiting Indictment

I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby, Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff, is driven to work from his home in McLean, Virginia, October 28, 2005.

Reuters has Charges expected against Libby.

A federal grand jury investigating the leak of a covert CIA operative’s identity met in secret on Friday and was expected to bring criminal charges against Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff and possibly other White House officials.

But special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald informed President George W. Bush’s top political adviser, Karl Rove, that he would not be among those indicted on Friday, although Fitzgerald indicated that Rove would remain under investigation and in legal jeopardy, legal sources said.

Fitzgerald planned to release information about the case at noon EDT and hold a news conference at 2 p.m.

Flap will wait for Fitzgerald’s news conference and release of information on the Department of Justice website before commenting.