ABCNEWS TELLS WHITE HOUSE OF 'INDICTMENT' (White House source: ABC bluffing)

Drudge Report ^ | 25 OCT 05 | DCBRYAN1

[DCBryan1]

ABCNEWS TELLS WHITE HOUSE OF 'INDICTMENT' Tue Oct 25 2005 19:08:02 ET

"We have double sourced that the vice president's chief of staff has been indicted," a reporter for ABCNEWS claimed to a White House press spokesman this afternoon.

The White House refused to comment on the claim. The network said they didn't need comment, they were preparing to run with the development on this evening's network news broadcast, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

ABCNEWS claimed to the White House that it had double sourced how an indictment against vice presidential chief of staff I. Lewis Libby was set.

A senior White House source quickly determined ABC was bluffing; the report did not run on the East coast feed of the program.

Developing...

UPDATE

ABC NEWS spokesman Jeff Schneider tells the DRUDGE REPORT: "There is nothing at all true about us having double sourced anything" regarding indictments.

More from Drudge:

CBS’ JOHN ROBERTS: Lawyers familiar with the case think Wednesday is when special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will make known his decision, and that there will be indictments. Supporters say Rove and the vice president’s chief of staff, Scooter Libby, are in legal jeopardy...

Another update from Drudge:

Indictments in CIA leak case ‘about to be handed down’

[meema]

LOL!

[SirLinksalot]

The one person who has been on top of the Plame investigation has been Tom Mcguire.

Here are his predictions regarding indictments...

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October 26, 2005

Better To Be Wrong Than Gutless

If my blog hosting service is willing, I will post my *PURELY SPECULATIVE* guesses in the Plame leak investigation:

Karl Rove walks - no indictment, nada. Jeralyn Merritt, who has been doing a superb job on this, keeps the flame flickering for a "False statements" charge based on Rove's early forgettery of his conversation with Matt Cooper of TIME. Based on the evidence leaked so far, it won't happen.

Think back to the controversial Martha Stewart case: Martha went down on a false statements charge, but as supporting evidence of her criminal intent the prosecution had evidence that she may have altered her records, supplemented by troubling testimony from her broker's assistant and a personal friend.

With Rove, as best we know, we have Karl failing to recall his conversation with Matt Cooper when asked by Federal investigators in 2003; the defense will have fun with the fact that the Department of Justice failed to ask about contacts with Matt Cooper in their original document request, so let's not underestimate Mike Copper Matt Cooper's forgettability.

Eventually, in response to a second set of subpoenas, the relevant email between Rove and Hadley was found, Rove's attorney notified the Special Counsel, and Rove corrected his testimony. Based on the leaks so far, this is far from a Martha Stewart scenario.

OK, on to the fall guys:

John Hannah had CIA links, so he can't convincingly plead ignorance about Ms. Plame's status. He gets a wrist slap for misuse of classified information. (Q: Does a "wrist slap" mean "no jail time", or "short time"? A: Hmm, even "short" would seem long to me; no waffling here... No jail time it is. And get your own 8-Ball). Hannah's offense - he was Novak's primary source.

David Wurmser also has CIA links, and he gets a wrist slap for leaking to Walter Pincus of the WaPo.

And Libby? He goes to trial, or walks. My full psychic prediction is that he will turn down a plea deal (after negotiating about what might have been disclosed in the accompanying indictment) and say to Fitzgerald, "Bring it on, Irish".

*If* they are filed, charges will be perjury and obstruction, as well as a conspiracy to misuse classified info. However, Fitzgerald has very serious doubts about some of his star witnesses, such as Judy Miller. Both sides are weighing the implications of the venue for a trial - Libby knows it won't be Berkeley, but it still might not be favorable for him. However, it might be politically awkward for Libby to ask for a change in venue. Of course, getting tossed into stir can be awkward, too.

No waffling: Libby goes to trial. The good news with this scenario is that otherwise, we will never know what the heck happened. Libby better plan to win, or lose, by Jan 19, 2009.

Final predictions - today is Wednesday, and if the Astros win the Series they will need seven games. There - I can't be all wrong.

[doesnt suffer fools gladly]

Great, I love name calling for reason! Didn't know it was allowed, but since it is...you're a loser psychopath. Hey, that felt great Pigleg Puke!

I hope we can play some more.

[veronica]

The big fish is Rove. The Daily Kos crowd will open a vein if he's not indicted. And I'll happily hand them the razor...

[el_texicano]

What looks like to me is going on is ABC or lib press in general, is they are trying to rattle the WH press dept. into saying or doing something that looks guilty.

[RetiredArmy]

OMG!!! Does this mean ABC News will be put on DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION FOR LYING?????????? Probably not. Lies are okay for leftist, communists, liberals, socialist and the MSM. A way of life.

[SierraWasp]

"No, but I can tell ya that that ABC reporter is yella!!!
Urine fine form tonight......."

Tanks, but it give a whole new meaning to "yellow journalism," doesn't it?

[GOPPachyderm]

That's really irresponsible, isn't it?

[EQAndyBuzz]

"slug bug blue!"

No slug back.

[clawrence3]

Well, we do have the newsreports that Fitzgerald and grand jurors were seen in the building this morning. Did we not have those same reports yesterday?

[omega4179]

" NO announcement today" breaking on foxnews.

its not Rove.

[Redleg Duke]

Got your mouth under control now?

[clawrence3]

That would fit is with the "Sealed Indictment(s) Today and Press Conference Thursday" scenario.

[doesnt suffer fools gladly]

Got your mouth under control now?

You started it Pukeboy.

[jw777]

EXACTLY

[Redleg Duke]

Obviously not. Sorry about your "problem".

[doesnt suffer fools gladly]

Obviously not. Sorry about your "problem".

No problem Pukeboy. This name calling is fun!

[BushisTheMan]

He ought to be investigating his own staff's leaks instead of wasting our time.

I want the following people to go to jail:
--Joe Wilson's wife (Valeria Plame or Victoria Flame per Judith Miller)
--Judith Miller
--Matt Cooper
--Tim Russert

And the people who fed them the big lie in the first place: Joe Wilson

[golfisnr1]

News people acting like children.