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NYT: Cover-Up Issue Is Seen as Focus in Leak Inquiry [Rove & Libby advised may be in legal jeopardy]
NYTIMES ^ | 10/21/05 | DAVID JOHNSTON

Posted on 10/20/2005 7:14:44 PM PDT by Pikamax

Cover-Up Issue Is Seen as Focus in Leak Inquiry By DAVID JOHNSTON

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 - As he weighs whether to bring criminal charges in the C.I.A. leak case, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special counsel, is focusing on whether Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, and I. Lewis Libby Jr., chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, sought to conceal their actions and mislead prosecutors, lawyers involved in the case said Thursday.

Among the charges that Mr. Fitzgerald is considering are perjury, obstruction of justice and false statement - counts that suggest the prosecutor may believe the evidence presented in a 22-month grand jury inquiry shows that the two White House aides sought to cover up their actions, the lawyers said.

Mr. Rove and Mr. Libby have been advised that they may be in serious legal jeopardy, the lawyers said, but only this week has Mr. Fitzgerald begun to narrow the possible charges. The prosecutor has said he will not make up his mind about any charges until next week, government officials say.

With the term of the grand jury expiring in one week, though, some lawyers in the case said they were persuaded that Mr. Fitzgerald had all but made up his mind to seek indictments. None of the lawyers would speak on the record, citing the prosecutor's requests not to talk about the case.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: beltwaywarzone; bloodinthewater; cialeak; joewilson; libby; plame; randbeers; rove; skooter; valerieplame
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To: Pikamax

This had better be good.


41 posted on 10/20/2005 7:53:43 PM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: hispanarepublicana

Okay hr, your next assignment is to show the class how to conjugate their Latin verbs.


42 posted on 10/20/2005 7:54:05 PM PDT by speedy
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To: Perdogg

I hope you are right. I still think Rove is ok, but I don't know about Libby.

My guess is based upon the 1/10th of 1% of the testimony that I read (of which, half may be made up by the reporter).


43 posted on 10/20/2005 7:54:41 PM PDT by frankjr
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To: frankjr

For a carriage-return, you use either < p> or < br> (without the spaces).


44 posted on 10/20/2005 7:54:48 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (No amnesty needed...My ancestors proudly served. [remodel of an old '70s bumper sticker])
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To: furquhart; frankjr; Shermy; cyncooper

Technically you don't need a letter. That's why I am still wondering about why Fitz called Wilson prior to Miller testimony. I wonder why Fitz met with Miller prior to her testimony.


45 posted on 10/20/2005 7:55:12 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: cornfedcowboy; frankjr

To make italics < i > in front of the sentence (without the space between the brackets and the i. At the end just do < /i > again without the spaces.


46 posted on 10/20/2005 7:55:20 PM PDT by McGavin999 (We're a First World Country with a Third World Press (Except for Hume & Garrett ))
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To: sinkspur
A Martha Stewart-type indictment.

Martha Stewart is fresh out of jail and has a new TV show, all is forgotten.

47 posted on 10/20/2005 7:55:56 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: Pikamax

It's entirely possible that the NY slimes is just creating their own tangent based off of old data. For instance since rove could not be guaranteed that he would not be indicted during his 4th interview that could constitute legal danger. Anything else is speculation unless Fitzgeralds boys are leaking as a sieve and then an investigation needs to be made into that.


48 posted on 10/20/2005 7:56:00 PM PDT by mykpfsu
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To: Pikamax

How can there be a coverup if nobody knew or believed that they were breaking any law? ...and in fact weren't breaking a law? A coverup of failing to break the law?


49 posted on 10/20/2005 7:56:35 PM PDT by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 900 knives and counting!)
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To: frankjr

So in this next week, go out see what others are really concerned about. You'll notice it's not this stupidity that's going on in the media/wilson/or Delay.

It's gas prices, hurricanes and flooding in many parts of the country. Let's hope all this Washington stuff has mesmerized those who hate us long enough to mess up their plans of attack.


50 posted on 10/20/2005 7:56:52 PM PDT by swheats
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To: speedy
Okay hr, your next assignment is to show the class how to conjugate their Latin verbs.

chingo; chingas; chinge' (and the ever-so-rare noun-forms, chingalera or chingasos)

51 posted on 10/20/2005 7:57:08 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (No amnesty needed...My ancestors proudly served. [remodel of an old '70s bumper sticker])
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To: hispanarepublicana

If they are going to use HTML, you better show 'em the paragraph code too... < p>


52 posted on 10/20/2005 7:58:00 PM PDT by nralife
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To: Perdogg

I think Rove is fine. Libby could be indicted just on the strangeness of the letter he sent to Miller (Aspens with the roots connected...). Even if it wasn't intended to be some coded message meaning "if I go down, I'm taking you with me...", I'm sure a prosecutor could get a jury to believe it was. What kind of lawyer would let a client send such an obtuse message like that.


53 posted on 10/20/2005 7:58:04 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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To: Brilliant

No it was Wilson.


54 posted on 10/20/2005 7:58:15 PM PDT by Sthitch
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To: frankjr
With Libby the information he gave to Miller was false.

No violation of anything

He didn't release the name "Plame" he said "Flame" and said that Flame worked for Winpic.

I think our buddy will have something to say about it soon. Now, Fitz is going to have to PBRD that anything else happened knowingly.
55 posted on 10/20/2005 7:58:33 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: speedy
Ooooohhhh! You meant Latin verbs, not Latino verbs!
56 posted on 10/20/2005 7:58:44 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (No amnesty needed...My ancestors proudly served. [remodel of an old '70s bumper sticker])
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To: hispanarepublicana

I knew you would come up with something. I just wanted to hand you a straight line.


57 posted on 10/20/2005 7:59:03 PM PDT by speedy
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To: finnman69

" Martha Stewart is fresh out of jail and has a new TV show, all is forgotten."

The entertainment industry is more forgiving than politics...you can be fresh out of rehab for the twelth time if they think you can still sell tickets.


58 posted on 10/20/2005 7:59:06 PM PDT by gondramB (Conservatism is a positive doctrine. Reactionaryism is a negative doctrine.)
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To: frankjr

This is where I learned. It's called the HTML Sandbox. You can practice there.

Hope this helps .............. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1285967/posts?page=501,50


59 posted on 10/20/2005 7:59:09 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
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To: Perdogg

As to the target letter thing. Yes the prosecutor does not need to send a target letter to a target. BUT, he must inform someone who is testifying, especially if they offer to testify, that they are a target. NOT that they could become a target later on. This leads me to believe Rove is safe.


60 posted on 10/20/2005 8:00:17 PM PDT by mykpfsu
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