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Donailin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 09:37 PM
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Here it comes!!!!
http://today.reuters.com/news/default.aspx



US officials brace for decisions in CIA leak case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal prosecutor investigating who leaked the identity of a CIA operative is expected to signal within days whether he intends to bring indictments in the case, legal sources close to the investigation said on Wednesday.

As a first step, prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald was expected to notify officials by letter if they have become targets, said the lawyers, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.

Fitzgerald could announce plea agreements, bring indictments, or conclude that no crime was committed. By the end of this month he is expected to wrap up his nearly two-year-old investigation into who leaked CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.

The inquiry has ensnared President George W. Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, and Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby. The White House had long maintained that Rove and Libby had nothing to do with the leak but reporters have since named them as sources.

Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, declined to say whether his client had been contacted by Fitzgerald. In the past, Luskin has said that Rove was assured that he was not a target.

Libby's lawyer was not immediately available to comment.

"It's an ongoing investigation and we're fully cooperating," said Cheney spokeswoman Lea Anne "



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OKDem08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 09:41 PM
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1. Wa Hoooooooo!
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 09:42 PM
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2. cautiously optimistic :D
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 09:43 PM
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3. Avalanche!!
Snow cones for everyone!

:D
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 09:43 PM
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4. Whatever bated breath is, it is with that I am waiting.
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murray hill farm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 09:48 PM
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5. baited breath?
worms on your tongue!
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 09:52 PM
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8. Uh oh, I think I've got a nibble!
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 09:50 PM
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6. Cute comment by Luskin. That's an admission he's been notified!
Lawyers are notorious for either definate denials or the old can't confirm nor deny routine!

I read a thread a while ago that said Shrub was giving a speech tomorrow to cover up the indictment announcements, and I thought it was really wild speculation.

My guess now is that if Reuters has this info, that post may be more right than they thought!
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 09:58 PM
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10. When they start putting out key peoples' bios
then you will know something is coming down.

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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 09:50 PM
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7. I sure hope these indictments won't be against lower level
officials. I will be totally pissed.
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Donailin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 09:58 PM
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11. how can they be?
rove and libby were the sources everyone named. the reporters didn't give them the info, that shit won't fly with Fitzgerald.

Can we say "Saturday night massacre?" (October 20th 1973)

Not to mention that Agnew resigned the first week of October the same year.

I pray history repeats itself. PLEASE!
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 09:56 PM
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9. I hope he's wearing a vest and avoiding small aircraft...
Edited on Wed Oct-05-05 09:57 PM by BiggJawn
"Somebody oughta shoot that bastard!.....Hey, where'd Liddy go?"-Nixon
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shenmue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 09:59 PM
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12. Twenty-two of 'em?
Heard on the Malloy show tonight that rumors say 22 indictments may come down.

:D :party: :toast: :bounce: :smoke: :beer: :thumbsup: :loveya: :headbang: :applause: :woohoo: :rofl: :patriot:

Yes!

One can only hope!

Gee, I hope they are stocked up on mini-kegs at the store down the block, because if we get that many of Bush's cronies thrown in the pokey, it will be party time for me for sure!

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Donailin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 10:02 PM
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13. i gotta kick this shit
indictments are comin! indictments are comin!
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