Jason Leopold of Rawstory: Rove may be indicted by the end of the year

[Halliburton]

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0512/S00028.htm

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But the fact remains, several sources close to the investigation said, that Rove is in serious legal jeopardy. According to sources, Fitzgerald is expected to decide before the end of the year whether to seek an indictment against Rove for obstruction of justice and making false statements to Justice Department, FBI investigators, and the grand jury on three separate occasions, for failing to disclose a conversation he had with Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper in July 2003 about Plame Wilson.
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According to these sources, unless Novak, who is scheduled to testify before a grand jury this week about her conversation with Luskin in 2004, provides evidence that can convince the grand jury that Rove genuinely forgot he spoke with Cooper in July 2003, and that only when Novak "casually" told Luskin a year later that Cooper obtained his information about Plame Wilson directly from Rove did Rove remember, the man known as the "architect" will most likely find himself facing a criminal indictment.

Two Time magazine reporters who have shared bylines with Novak on several Plame Wilson articles published in the magazine and are familiar with her meeting with Luskin in 2004 said she will testify that she simply repeated to Luskin what had long been rumored in Washington, DC, circles for over a year at the time: that Rove was Cooper's source.

Novak - who bears no relation to syndicated columnist Robert Novak, the journalist who first published Plame Wilson's name and CIA status in a July 14, 2003, column - met Luskin in Washington, DC, in the summer of 2004, and over drinks, the two discussed Fitzgerald's investigation into the Plame Wilson leak. Luskin had assured Novak that Rove learned Plame Wilson's name after it was published in news accounts and that only then did he phone other journalists to draw their attention to it. But Novak, perhaps trying to convince Luskin that she knew more than she really did about her colleague Cooper's source, made an offhanded, casual comment to Luskin to the effect that the internal buzz at Time contradicted Luskin's account, in that everyone in the newsroom knew Rove was Cooper's source and that he would testify to that in an upcoming grand jury appearance, these sources said.
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[no_hypocrisy]

1. THANK YOU, SANTA! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

[Swamp Rat]

2. Hope Springs Eternal!

[Binka]

3. Whoop Ass!

"the man known as the "architect" will most likely find himself facing a criminal indictment. SWWWEEEEEETTTT!!!!

Fuck You Puffy McTreason!

[glitch]

13. Never drink hot tea while reading DU!

Puffy McTreason = :spray:

[stop the bleeding]

4. Well that would be a good Fitzmas and a hell of a way to start the New

Year. :toast:

[acmavm]

5. Likw I said before (when Libby got indicted), I'll believe it when I see

it and not a minute sooner.

[tanyev]

6. That's all I need in my Christmas stocking!

:bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

[stepnw1f]

7. It Was Just a Matter of Time

.... soon he'll be indicted. I have no doubt.

[mmonk]

8. I was thinking he had to be

either indicted or he could sing by the end of the year because Scooter's trial is coming up. It couldn't be neither.

[SkiGuy]

9. Dec 22

is Fitz's birthday. Maybe he'll give himself a present.

[jsamuel]

10. It doesn't say that, it says he will or won't be indicted by the years end

[dutchdemocrat]

11. The headline is misleading for this post

Jason Leopold: Rove Running Out of Answers, Time

Better to use the real one. It does not do any justice to the excellent work of Leopold when it's misrepresented.

And why tag him as a "raw story" reporter (he does report for them... yes) when the article is from Scoop? Link to Raw Story if it's there.

The original article appeared at truthout.org

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/120405A.shtml

[sellitman]

12. "Happy Holidays" Carl

Looks like you are getting a HUGE lump of coal!!!!!:nopity:

[wixomblues]

14. Rove "may" grow a head out of his ass by the end of the year as well,.....

Sorry, but there needs to be a line drawn in the sand. There are way to many up and coming blogporters and online journalists who are so eager to get some recognition, they will keep throwing red meat at us. Prior to Libby's incitement, a rather disappointing end of affairs, I had heard for three weeks that indictments were imminent, Rove was going down, ect..........

[yellowcanine]

16. I think he has already done that. Can someone provide a photo?

[wixomblues]

17. No picture, but after Bush saw his shadow, he retreated back in.

That means three more years of incompetence.

[yellowcanine]

18. Now THAT photo would be worth seeing. But proley no one had a camera.

[Oceansaway]

15. Hooray !!

[texpatriot2004]

19. Great news. nm

[SammyWinstonJack]

20. I sure as f**k hope so!

:bounce: :woohoo:

[Catherine Vincent]

21. We should never get our hopes up.

We'll have to wait and see what the Fitz decides to do about Karl.

[lovuian]

22. What a nice present!!!

:bounce:

[Javaman]

23. Now that would be a Merry Christmas in deed, take that dobson LOL

[FreedomAngel82]

24. Just in time for Christmas??

Wouldn't that be a nice Fitzmas present!!