Slow roasted pork: Fitz not swayed by VNak, going pig hunting in Rove Town

Fitzgerald was long suspicious Rove had hidden evidence; Not swayed by last minute testimony, lawyers say
Jason Leopold and Larisa Alexandrovna

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Fitzgerald_seen_to_press_for_Rove_1213.html



A few weeks after he took over the investigation into the leak of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson in early 2004, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald had already become suspicious that Karl Rove and Vice President Cheney’s then-chief of staff I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby were hindering his investigation.

In late January 2004, Fitzgerald sent a letter to his boss, then acting Attorney General James Comey, seeking confirmation that he had the authority to investigate and prosecute individuals for additional crimes, including obstruction of justice, perjury, and destroying evidence. The leak investigation had been centered up to that point on an obscure law making it a felony for any government official to knowingly disclose the identity of an undercover CIA officer.

Comey responded to Fitzgerald in writing Feb. 6, 2004, confirming that Fitzgerald had the authority to prosecute those crimes, including “perjury, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence, and intimidation of witnesses.”

Fitzgerald was concerned that Rove had hidden or destroyed evidence, lawyers close to the case tell RAW STORY. His suspicions may have been right: an email he sent to then Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley in early July 2003 later proved Rove had spoken to Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper about Plame—a fact that Rove omitted when he was first interviewed by the FBI.

-- when Goldfinger is sucked through a tiny hole in an airborne plane.

I think this is a fitting allegory for what may be about to happen to a certain presidential advisor.

...Rove sitting down on the runway next to the plane like a damned idiot.

I wanna know how long he'll be able to keep the smirk on his face once Washington DC starts smelling like crisp bacon.

--of bacon sizzling in that pan?

Git 'em', Fitz.

...I'll be using THAT one in the days ahead...

:toast: