Grand jury in CIA leak case adjourns
INteresting excerpt .....
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Fitzgerald has been in Washington since Monday and over the last two days dispatched FBI agents to conduct some 11th-hour interviews, according to lawyers close to the investigation, who also spoke on condition of anonymity.
One set of interviews occurred in the neighborhood of Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson, whose wife Valerie Plame was outed as an undercover CIA officer. Agents asked neighbors whether they had any inkling that Plame works for the CIA.
"They wanted to know how well we knew her, which is very well," said neighbor David Tillotson. "Did we know anything about her position before the story broke? Absolutely not."
Agents also interviewed a former unidentified associate of Rove about his activities around the time the leaks occurred.
Two lawyers familiar with the activities said the interviews involved basic fact-checking and did not appear to plow new ground.
Fitzgerald may want to establish Plame had carefully protected her CIA identity as part of the process of determining whether the disclosure of her name amounted to a crime.
Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald (R) departs the U.S. District Court in Washington October 26, 2005. The federal grand jury investigating the leak of a covert CIA operative's identity met on Wednesday with special counsel Fitzgerald amid signs the prosecutor was preparing to seek criminal charges. Fitzgerald later left the building following the session with no comment. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald leaves the U.S Federal courthouse after meeting with the grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer's identity on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005 in Washington. Fitzgerald is putting the finishing touches on a two-year criminal probe that has ensnared two senior White House aides. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Man-O-Man I sure do! The announcer would warm everybody up with a cresendo of hype, ending in the phrase... "Well calculated to keep you in SUSPENSE!"
It's obvious that SP is looking at the CIA.
>>David Tillotson. "Did we know anything about her position before the story broke? Absolutely not."<<
This is absoulute proof of a false statements violation. If he told an FBI agent this, he committed a felony, since this is absolutely false.
Even if it were true, that isn't the standard for a law violation. Besides, if they are truly investigating the underlying crime, that tells me they have no evidence on lying and obstruction of justice.