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HardWorkingDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 01:12 PM
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If an indictment, why need for "target" letter....
I'm just a little confused. If a person is indicted, then why the need for a letter informing the person that he or she is a "target" of the Grand Jury? If this is the case, I would think that as soon as a person became a suspect or a potentially indictable person from a Grand Jury, then that is when the "target" letter would be sent. Not after an indictment.

Thoughts?
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 01:12 PM
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1. .
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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 01:14 PM
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2. It gives 'em a chance to blow their brains out...
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kstewart33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 01:14 PM
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3. It's an invitation for the target(s) to come in and strike a deal
If a target talks, it strengthens Fitz's case on other targets. What does the target get in return? A dropped indictment and status as an unindicted co-conspirator, most likely.
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HardWorkingDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 01:15 PM
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4. Thank you.....nt..
nt....
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MidwestTransplant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 01:17 PM
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5. I figure the only way somebody like Rove would be able to
plea to unindicted co-conspirator status was if the prosecutor were going after * or VP. Rove is a pretty big fish in his own right.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 02:07 PM
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6. He could very well have gotten the letter around the same time that he
developed that case of kidneystones, and the word is just leaking out now...
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