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=

[mware]

I wonder if Tony Snow is going to have a press conference today?

MUST SEE TV.

[RobFromGa]

The DUmmies will deny it and say an indictment is still possible.

That will be the fun part.

[NAVY84]

There isn't much grey matter to cause stain's. That said, the other stuff that their heads are filled with does leave a rather nasty olfactory stain.

[The G Man]

These idiots charged the red flag...

and went right over the cliff...

again...
~~~~~~~~

Meep, meep!

[prisoner6]

HEY DUmmies!...Yeah!...DUmmies listen up!

NEENER, NEENER, NEENER!

prisoner6

[tiredoflaundry]

;-)

[PJ-Comix]

Letting this build up in DUmmieland now.

[bcsco]

" I love the smell of DUmmies imploding in the morning."

One of the other posts on that DUmmie thread linked to the "...most recommended thread when this announcement was posted" (paraphrased by me); the thread about Jason Leopold's 'Sealed vs. Sealed' article from June 12th. Leopold blows it while Patrick Fitzgerald clears the air. MERCY!

PJ is going to have a field day with this!

[mylife]

I can almost taste the DUmmies tears of unfathomable sorrow L0L

[commonguymd]

"The DUmmies will deny it and say an indictment is still possible."

You will see all kinds of ridiculous theories that he was indited in secret, or copped a plea, or Fitzgerald is setting him up to bring him down, or Bush stepped in, or that he is ratting on Cheney, and so much other garbage. It will make your head spin.

I am sure David Johnston, the writer from the NYT, or Byron York will be called all kinds of lovely names.

[July 4th]

"too far out in front of the news cycle" my ass! ha!

[beyond the sea]

Yes, mame.

This Rove news coming after the news of Zarqawi's "untimely death" and the possibility that he had been "walking around in women's underwear"........... this is a nice news cycle.

;-)

[Miss Marple]

Rove practices voodoo in the White House basement?

Following my long-standing practice of believing that whatever they accuse Republicansa of is something that they do, I am led to one obvious conclusion:

Bill Clinton practiced voodoo in the white House basement.

HA!

[YaYa123]

It's glorious news .............and just think the dark cloud of dissappointment that has settled over the Wilson/Plame house as they wake up this morning to the news.


NO FROG MARCH, Joe!!

I'm very happy!

[mware]

I got a photo of a dancin' frog you might like.

[mewzilla]

MUST SEE TV.

LOL. But don't be suprised if it barely gets mentioned. The DBM seems to be doing an Emily Litella this morning. All the air time and column space devoted to Rove's impending indictment, and now that it's not gonna happen barely a mention, more a Never mind!.

[commonguymd]

"I can almost taste the DUmmies tears of unfathomable sorrow L0L"

Don't eat the chili.

[Purrcival]

Schadenfreudelicious!

[carlr]

I almost feel cruel watching them in their misery.

No,it is actually quite fun.
Glad that momentary feeling went away.

[Miss Marple]

Did you know that several years ago the Secret Service code name for President Bush was "Roadrunner?"

LOL!

That may no longer be true since it was publicized, but I found it quite funny at the time, and even more so today.