Posted on 11/27/2005 10:48:36 AM PST by SmithL
WASHINGTON -- A second Time magazine reporter has been asked to testify in the CIA leak case, this time about her discussions with Karl Rove's attorney, a sign that prosecutors are still exploring charges against the White House aide.
Viveca Novak, a reporter in Time's Washington bureau, is cooperating with Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, who is investigating the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity in 2003, the magazine reported in its Dec. 5 issue.
Novak specifically has been asked to testify under oath about conversations she had with Rove attorney Robert Luskin starting in May 2004, the magazine reported.
Novak, part of a team tracking the CIA case for Time, has written or contributed to articles quoting Luskin that characterized the nature of what was said between Rove and Matthew Cooper, the first Time reporter who testified in the case in July.
A grand jury indicted I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, on perjury and obstruction charges on Oct. 28. Fitzgerald said in court papers earlier this month that he will present additional evidence to another grand jury.
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Understand that we're talking about conversations that occurred almost a year after Plame's name was published, six months after Fitzgerald began his investigation. And we're talking about conversations with Rove's attorney, not Rove himself.
What the hell is Fitzgerald fishing for now?
Attorney General in a dem administration.
Im convinced of it now..
If so .. he'll be another Janet Reno
Mitchell (now denying), Woodward disclosing that they knew well beforehand
and he sidesteps them and goes after this?
Fitzgerald is braindead. This story has no legs, and Fitzgerald is passe. He's about as dumb as one can come. Boring!!! Libby's lawyers will him do in, with no need. He'll do a fine job on himself. The real criminals and traitors are Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson!!! The truth will opt!!!
He's still ignoring all the facts, some of which are pretty glaring, and going on a fishing expedition.
At this point, I hope everyone in the administration has been told to plead the Fifth Amendment and refuse to give him any more testimony, because there's no other way to avoid some minor verbal contradiction that could lead to another indictment.
By the way, exactly who in the Justice Department renewed this clown's lease?
Are they going to indict Rove's lawyer? It would be interesting to see Fitzgerald try to penetrate the Lawyer/Client privilege.
Trying to use Rove's lawyer's statements to a reporter to impeach Rove's testimony to Fitzmas and the GJ. Try to indict Rove.
I will be hard to get Rove's lawyer to turn on Rove though. Lawyers are not required to tell the truth to reporters.
Another Novak involved.
Nobody's required to tell the truth to a reporter...ask the CIA or the DNC...they know.
Precisely. Such a conversation has exactly zero bearing on what Rove testified in court.
Rove could have testified before the GJ that "The sky is blue" and Luskin could have told Novak that Rove actually claimed "The sky is falling". But a reporter is not an officer of the court and the attorney is not under oath.
Smells of wild goose chase...
What's Fitzgerald running for?
See he's trying to steal home, see. It's like this. Bottom of the ninth, two out, Fitz on third.
He's going to steal home and be the hero!
Actually, I don't know what the heck I'm talking about but I thought a stupid baseball analogy was in order.
I'm beginning to think Fitzgerald is an idiot. He's botched the case and can only redeem himself by getting Rove.
And how do we know that the little time reporter isn't helping Rove, oh, that's right.
Well .. Gorelick will probably wrestle him for it .. and I would put any bets on Fitz!
I think he's actualy running FROM Joe Wilson. With friends like Joe you don't need any enemies.
Now, when a cow grazes he leaves fertilizer called a Cow patty. So, when Fitz shovels the manure is it called a Fitz Patty? Guess I better run before I feel the wrath of some Hissy Fitz, worse yet, Conniption Fitz.
Especially when Fitzcaraldo didn't find any merit to claims it was illegal to "leak" her name.
What's Fitzgerald running for?
MaYor of
NYuk NYuk NYuk!
Can you hear Fitz and his crowd gasping for air???????????
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