• CIA Leak Case,  Politics

    CIA Leak Case Watch: Fitzgerald Yes Or No on Indictments?

    UPDATED:

    CNN has CIA leak probe has Washington waiting.

    The federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA operative’s identity could hand up charges as early as today, but Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald is not expected to make any public announcements Wednesday, one source with knowledge of the probe told CNN.


    UPDATE: Fox News is reporting that there will be NO news today from the federal grand jury.

    Federal Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald departs the Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., October 12, 2005. Fitzgerald arrived at the courthouse on Wednesday as a federal grand jury considers whether to bring criminal charges over the leak of a covert CIA operative’s identity.

    Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald arrived at the courthouse on Wednesday as a federal grand jury considers whether to bring criminal charges over the leak of a covert CIA operative’s identity.

    Lawyers involved in the case said Fitzgerald appeared close to asking the grand jury to approve indictments, with an announcement expected as early as Wednesday, after the grand jury meet

    Ok……..

    Fitzgerald has had twenty-two months and……..

    How much money?

    I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, sits in the back seat of a car as he is driven from his house, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005, in McLean, Va. Libby and top presidential political adviser Karl Rove have emerged as central figures in the CIA leak investigation of who leaked the name of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame.

  • CIA Leak Case,  Iraq War,  Politics

    CIA Leak Case Watch: Indictments for Libby and Rove?

    Vice President Richard Cheney’s Chief of Staff I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby watches during a photo opportunity in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, October 24, 2005.

    Financial Times has Indictments in CIA leak case ‘about to be handed down.

    Indictments in the CIA leak investigation case are expected to be handed down by a grand jury on Wednesday, bringing to a head a criminal inquiry that threatens to disrupt seriously President George W. Bush’s second term.

    On Tuesday night, news reports, supported by a source close to the lawyers involved in the case, said that target letters to those facing indictment were being issued, with sealed indictments to be filed today and released by the end of the week.

    Those in legal jeopardy may include Lewis “Scooter” Libby, vice-president Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, and Karl Rove, Mr Bush’s chief political strategist.

    Flap may have this wrong.

    Joseph Wilson may get his wish of having Karl Rove frog marched out of the White House:

    “At the end of the day, it’s of keen interest to me to see whether or not we can get Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs.”

    Stay tuned.

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