No Indictment of Rove in CIA-Leak Case!

NRO ^ | 6/13/06 | Byron York

[The G Man]

June 13, 2006, 6:44 a.m.

No Indictment of Rove in CIA-Leak Case
Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald makes a decision.

By Byron York

Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has informed top White House adviser Karl Rove that Rove will not face indictment in the CIA-leak investigation, National Review Online has learned. The word came yesterday, when Fitzgerald told Rove lawyer Robert Luskin that he, Fitzgerald, did not plan to seek charges against Rove. This morning, Luskin released a brief statement:

 

On June 12, 2006, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald formally advised us that he does not anticipate seeking charges against Karl Rove.

In deference to the pending case, we will not make any further public statements about the subject matter of the investigation. We believe that the Special Counsel’s decision should put an end to the baseless speculation about Mr. Rove’s conduct.

 Rove appeared five times before a grand jury investigating the CIA-leak case; the most recent was in April. Before appearing before the grand jury, Rove was interviewed by FBI agents assigned to the investigation. Fitzgerald’s inquiry, it appears, focused most intensely on the first two sessions — the FBI interview and the first grand-jury testimony.

The key question to be resolved by Fitzgerald was said to be whether to charge Rove in connection with his testimony regarding a brief July 11, 2003, conversation with Time magazine’s Matthew Cooper. In both his interview with the FBI and in his first grand jury appearance, Rove did not tell investigators about the conversation with Cooper. By the time Rove appeared for a second time before the grand jury, Rove had discovered evidence — an internal White House e-mail — showing that he did indeed talk to Cooper. Rove gave the evidence to Fitzgerald, who then questioned him about it at length.

Rove is thought to have testified that he simply did not remember the Cooper conversation until he discovered the e-mail. (Cooper himself described the talk as being about two minutes long and occurring right as Rove was leaving on vacation.) Supporting Rove’s contention was the fact that Rove, apparently, testified from the very beginning that he talked to columnist Robert Novak, which suggested he was not trying to hide his involvement in the case from Fitzgerald.

A decision by Fitzgerald — one way or the other — had been anticipated for months. There was widespread speculation that Rove might face charges for lying to Fitzgerald’s grand jury much like those filed by Fitzgerald last October against Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff. Now, it appears that will not happen. And so far, at least, no one has been charged with violating any of the underlying laws in the case — either the Intelligence Identities Protection Act or the Espionage Act.

Rove’s fate has been the subject of intense discussion among critics of the Bush administration. Perhaps foremost among them is former ambassador Joseph Wilson, whose wife, Valerie Plame Wilson, was the CIA employee at the center of the affair. In August 2003, Wilson vowed to pursue Rove vigorously, saying, “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.”

— Byron York, NR’s White House correspondent, is the author of The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy: The Untold Story of How Democratic Operatives, Eccentric Billionaires, Liberal Activists, and Assorted Celebrities Tried to Bring Down a President — and Why They’ll Try Even Harder Next Time.

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National Review Online - http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjQzM2QxZWFmNDRkMTBkZDg5ODI3OTNkNjgwYmJiZjc=

[RightFighter]

What's really funny is when you click that link and go to DU, the banner ad at the top of the page is a picture of a smiling Karl Rove with the question "Should Rove Resign? Tell Polling Point what you think."

[AmericaUnited]

"No Frog March! No Frog March! No Frog March! No Frog March! ...."

[cake_crumb]

"Should Rove Resign? Tell Polling Point what you think."

Sounds about right.

[AmericaUnited]

By the time the story is proved to be baseless the damage has been done."

But the damage to their credibility keeps adding up. Shoot, I would believe the 70's issues of Pravda before I'd believe anything from the current MSM.

[The G Man]

"Rove had better unleash hell on the MSM."

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He shall have his revenge in this life, or the next.

[Peach]

Thank you so much, Ghengis! I had heard part of it about letters but got interrupted. Democrat hypocrisy indeed.

[roses of sharon]

LOL, thanks G-Man, that pic sums up my feelings perfectly!

Seriously tho, I mean it, the MSM must die.

[STARWISE]

Try this in your browser: http://static-a.arttoday.com/thw/thw14/AF/animations/holiday_events/valentines_day/hearts_bubbling_from_computer/4947081.gif?hearts_bubbling_from_computer_lg_wm

[STARWISE]

Hmmm .. wonder what's going on.

I can type in the html for it in my browser and it comes right up.

[Grampa Dave]

Paging Jason Leopold...

The whackjob Jason Leopold is unable to respond to any calls at this time as he is tied up for his own safety.

[1Old Pro]

CHECK OUT THE MEDIA SPIN:

The media is spinning this as he's still guilty and the prosecutor knows he's guilty so he really is guilty but that the prosecutor just didn't think he could prove it.

[Mr. K]

gosh what a terrible term Bush is having... Rove not indicted, Zarqy offed, unemployment lowest since taking office, booming economy, won a war in Iraq against a murderous thugh who (evidence shows more and more) supported terrorist....

[zendari]

Woot!

[Enchante]

Jason Leopold and similar charlatans should now be pressured to reveal their anonymous 'sources' since there is NO ethical obligation to protect a source who misleads..... in fact there is an ethical obligation to now report the REAL story, which is about the liars who have been dishonestly manipulating this whole matter from the beginning..... of course, since it is Joe Wilson and his little cabal who have been feeding these stories behind the scenes, the lying journalists will be desperate to protect them.

[avacado]

LOL! Good picture of Jason Leopold. Speaking of which, where is that convicted liar?

[EnquiringMind]

Where have I been that I'm seeing "DUmpster diving" and "the DUmp" for the first time today?

Very clever! Can't stop ROFL.

[mware]

Happy Feet I got those Happy Feet.

[alwaysconservative]

Rich Lowry has been superb on this story: picked through lengthy court filings, providing analysis of what was and was not alleged or shown. He deserves our heartfelt kudos, thanks, and applause!

And BTW: Woo-hoo!

[oceanview]

actually, I predicted he would be indicted, because Fitz could indict anyone with that grand jury.

This is a good outcome to be sure - still, I wonder what the whole story is here, there is more to it then this to be sure.

[Grampa Dave]

Leopold's anonymous 'sources', were his drug induced wet dreams, and like so many other Marxist Lunatics, the wet dreams became a story.

What they don't realize is that bs will no longer fly in America.