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Rove Said to Testify in CIA Leak Case
AP ^ | October 6, 2005 | JOHN SOLOMON

Posted on 10/06/2005 12:19:41 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative

Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give 11th-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.

The persons, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of grand jury secrecy, said Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has not made any decision yet on whether to file criminal charges against the longtime confidant of President Bush or others.

The U.S. attorney's manual requires prosecutors not to bring witnesses before a grand jury if there is a possibility of future criminal charges unless they are notified in advance that their grand jury testimony can be used against them in a later indictment.

Rove has already made at least three grand jury appearances and his return at this late stage in the investigation is unusual.

The prosecutor did not give Rove similar warnings before his earlier grand jury appearances.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; cialeak; plame; rove; skyisfalling
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1 posted on 10/06/2005 12:19:50 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
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To: West Coast Conservative

Pass the popcorn, please.


2 posted on 10/06/2005 12:21:44 PM PDT by SE Mom (Keep an open mind; nothing will fall out.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Sounds like Rove is going to be indicted. Why else would he do this at the last minute?


3 posted on 10/06/2005 12:22:09 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: West Coast Conservative

Uh oh. This also means the reporters weren't targets at all as they presumably never got the target warning about themselves.

Sounds like Rove is wanting to get the last word in now that he believes he may be indicted. They just keep piling on. Politics of personal destruction is working for the RATs.

The republicans need to up the ante and start doing the same thing to the RATs. Then they can pull a Clinton and just say politics as usual.


4 posted on 10/06/2005 12:24:41 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: Brilliant
"Why else would he do this at the last minute?"

Mmmm...because Judith Miller just perjured herself by pointing to Rove even though the physical phone records show otherwise (which is something that Rove can go point out to the Grand Jury now that Miller has finished).

5 posted on 10/06/2005 12:26:35 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: West Coast Conservative

This is getting to be a really big news day. One thread tops the next. Think i'll take a nap :o)


6 posted on 10/06/2005 12:26:52 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (The stars at night, are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas!)
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To: Southack

I'll pray you're right. But the prosecutor apparently did tell Miller she was a target. And this late in the game I doubt she will be.

Typically what it looks like on its face is what it really is.


7 posted on 10/06/2005 12:28:20 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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UPDATE:

Rove offered in July to return to the grand jury for additional testimony and Fitzgerald accepted that offer Friday after taking grand jury testimony from the formerly jailed New York Times reporter Judith Miller.

Before accepting the offer, Fitzgerald sent correspondence to Rove's legal team making clear that there was no guarantee he wouldn't be indicted at a later point as required by the rules.

Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, said Thursday he would not comment on any ongoing discussion he has had with Fitzgerald's office but that he has been assured no decisions on charges have been made. Rove would first have to receive what is known as a target letter if he is about to be indicted.

"I can say categorically that Karl has not received a target letter from the special counsel. The special counsel has confirmed that he has not made any charging decisions in respect to Karl," Luskin said.

He said that Rove "continues to be cooperative voluntarily" with the special counsel investigation and "beyond that, any communication I have or may have in the future are going to be treated as completely confidential."


9 posted on 10/06/2005 12:28:54 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative (Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.)
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The persons, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of grand jury secrecy

I guess it isn't all that secret then?

10 posted on 10/06/2005 12:29:33 PM PDT by Mr. XYZ
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To: bobbdobbs
They were never targets, as they weren't sources.

yeah, but the wishful thinking is that the Reporters are the one that started the rumor. And Miller and Plame were tight (so to speak).

12 posted on 10/06/2005 12:29:38 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: Southack
Judith Miller just perjured herself by pointing to Rove

I thought Miller said it was Libby not Rove?

13 posted on 10/06/2005 12:31:19 PM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: West Coast Conservative
"Fitzgerald sent correspondence to Rove's legal team making clear that there was no guarantee he wouldn't be indicted at a later point as required by the rules."

Is that not a "target letter"?

14 posted on 10/06/2005 12:31:55 PM PDT by Edmund Dante
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To: West Coast Conservative
The persons, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of grand jury secrecy...

"These persons" have broken the law..........

16 posted on 10/06/2005 12:32:30 PM PDT by Red Badger (In life, you don't get what you deserve. You get what you settle for...........)
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To: West Coast Conservative

CNN was just breathlessly announcing it in (their feeble minds)hoping for an Indictment.


17 posted on 10/06/2005 12:33:04 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Brilliant

Good question. This is not what I had hoped.


18 posted on 10/06/2005 12:35:00 PM PDT by johnny7 (“Nah, I ain’t Jewish, I just don’t dig on swine, that’s all.”)
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To: West Coast Conservative

I never trusted Fitzgerald. He's no better than Ronnie Earle.


19 posted on 10/06/2005 12:35:06 PM PDT by balch3
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To: West Coast Conservative

Rove doesn't believe he will be indicted or that he can be proven innocent easily, otherwise he would not agree to testify.


20 posted on 10/06/2005 12:35:16 PM PDT by Raycpa
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