[Mike Darancette]

I thought what was said in a grand jury stays in a grand jury?

[Steve_Seattle]

"I thought what was said in a grand jury stays in a grand jury?"

That's what I thought, too. The Clintonistas kept leaking grand jury info and then blaming it on Kenneth Starr, and the media was all in an uproar about Starr. I don't know how this is different.

[longshadow]

I thought what was said in a grand jury stays in a grand jury?

There's no restriction on a GJ witness's ability to talk about his own testimony. The restriction is on revealing GJ testimony of anyone other than yourself, AFAIK.

[Cboldt]

I thought what was said in a grand jury stays in a grand jury?

Everything about a grand jury is cloaked in secrecy, and most jurisdictions make it a crime to violate that secrecy. In the federal system, for example, Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure requires that "matters occurring before the grand jury" be kept secret. The rule also says that if anyone bound by secrecy reveals "matters occurring before" a grand jury, this is "CRIMINAL contempt." The rule of secrecy binds everyone with access to grand jury proceedings (prosecutors, grand jurors, court reporters, and clerical personnel who help a prosecutor prepare for grand jury appearances), except the witnesses who testify before a grand jury.

http://www.udayton.edu/~grandjur/faq/faq7.htm

See also http://www.ishipress.com/rule6e.htm <- Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

[Trust but Verify]

Don't you remember all the Clintonites who gave testimony coming out and immediately revealing their testimony? I do. Some of them even LIED about what happened, we later found out. They are allowed to talk about their own testimony, nothing else. In the case of Rove, he has said the prosecutor asked him not to discuss his testimony.

[Conservative Infidel]

I thought what was said in a grand jury stays in a grand jury?

Exactly! Therefore, this person can fabricate a completely new story out of whole cloth and the prosecutor will not be able to dispute it. I couldn't figure out why he agreed to testify in the first place. Now I understand!

[massgopguy]

The Special Prosecutor is forbidden by law from confirming or denying what was said. Cooper could leak. Just like the Dems leaked the Starr investigation.

[pbear8]

I thought what was said in a grand jury stays in a grand jury?

You may say whatever you want about your own Grand Jury testimony, but no one else may.

You're thinking Vegas =)