Mmmm...because Judith Miller just perjured herself by pointing to Rove even though the physical phone records show otherwise (which is something that Rove can go point out to the Grand Jury now that Miller has finished).
Posted on 10/06/2005 12:19:41 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give 11th-hour testimony in the case of a CIA officer's leaked identity but have warned they cannot guarantee he won't be indicted, according to people directly familiar with the investigation.
The persons, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of grand jury secrecy, said Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has not made any decision yet on whether to file criminal charges against the longtime confidant of President Bush or others.
The U.S. attorney's manual requires prosecutors not to bring witnesses before a grand jury if there is a possibility of future criminal charges unless they are notified in advance that their grand jury testimony can be used against them in a later indictment.
Rove has already made at least three grand jury appearances and his return at this late stage in the investigation is unusual.
The prosecutor did not give Rove similar warnings before his earlier grand jury appearances.
Pass the popcorn, please.
Sounds like Rove is going to be indicted. Why else would he do this at the last minute?
Uh oh. This also means the reporters weren't targets at all as they presumably never got the target warning about themselves.
Sounds like Rove is wanting to get the last word in now that he believes he may be indicted. They just keep piling on. Politics of personal destruction is working for the RATs.
The republicans need to up the ante and start doing the same thing to the RATs. Then they can pull a Clinton and just say politics as usual.
Mmmm...because Judith Miller just perjured herself by pointing to Rove even though the physical phone records show otherwise (which is something that Rove can go point out to the Grand Jury now that Miller has finished).
This is getting to be a really big news day. One thread tops the next. Think i'll take a nap :o)
I'll pray you're right. But the prosecutor apparently did tell Miller she was a target. And this late in the game I doubt she will be.
Typically what it looks like on its face is what it really is.
UPDATE:
Rove offered in July to return to the grand jury for additional testimony and Fitzgerald accepted that offer Friday after taking grand jury testimony from the formerly jailed New York Times reporter Judith Miller.
Before accepting the offer, Fitzgerald sent correspondence to Rove's legal team making clear that there was no guarantee he wouldn't be indicted at a later point as required by the rules.
Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, said Thursday he would not comment on any ongoing discussion he has had with Fitzgerald's office but that he has been assured no decisions on charges have been made. Rove would first have to receive what is known as a target letter if he is about to be indicted.
"I can say categorically that Karl has not received a target letter from the special counsel. The special counsel has confirmed that he has not made any charging decisions in respect to Karl," Luskin said.
He said that Rove "continues to be cooperative voluntarily" with the special counsel investigation and "beyond that, any communication I have or may have in the future are going to be treated as completely confidential."
I guess it isn't all that secret then?
yeah, but the wishful thinking is that the Reporters are the one that started the rumor. And Miller and Plame were tight (so to speak).
I thought Miller said it was Libby not Rove?
Is that not a "target letter"?
"These persons" have broken the law..........
CNN was just breathlessly announcing it in (their feeble minds)hoping for an Indictment.
Good question. This is not what I had hoped.
I never trusted Fitzgerald. He's no better than Ronnie Earle.
Rove doesn't believe he will be indicted or that he can be proven innocent easily, otherwise he would not agree to testify.
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