WP: Rove to Testify Again in Grand Jury's CIA Leak Probe

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Rove to Testify Again in Grand Jury's CIA Leak Probe
Prosecutor's Warning That Bush Adviser Could Be Indicted Suggests New Information May Have Emerged

By Carol D. Leonnig and Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, October 7, 2005; Page A04

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove will again testify to a grand jury that is in the final stages of investigating whether senior Bush administration officials illegally leaked the identity of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame to the media more than two years ago, a source close to Rove said yesterday.

Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald contacted Rove last week to seek his fourth appearance before the grand jury -- but warned Rove's lawyer that he could not assure that Rove would not be indicted, according to the source. Rove could appear as early as today, when the grand jury is next scheduled to meet.

Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give eleventh-hour testimony in the case of a CIA officer's leaked identity but have warned they cannot guarantee he won't be indicted, according to people directly familiar with the investigation.


Fitzgerald's request -- which comes just weeks before the grand jury term is set to expire on Oct. 28 -- suggests that new information has come to light in other witness testimony, or other questions remain that Rove needs to address, according to lawyers who have been involved in the case.

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