Posted on 10/26/2005 12:10:24 PM PDT by inpajamas
Come on. He's had two years to gather this information and now, at the 11th hour, he may want to extend the Grand Jury?
He's got nothing except some manufactured charges with no underlying crime.
Fitz is trying to justify all the money he's poured down this rat hole.
Sounds like the usual MSM b.s.
Fitzgerald could just as easily be meeting with the judge for a final review before shutting down the whole thing, or to talk about handling indictments, or to ask for an extension, or to say "what a pant-load the MSM has been on this case, do you think we should shut it down now and drive the MSM crazy, or keep it going another year and give them more chances to fabricate stories?"
I've seen lots of attempted spin in the past week, but nothing of real facts that indicate anything about what is going to happen next.
LOL!
The fact that the prosecutorial staff stayed in the Grand Jury room for an hour after the GJ adjourned suggests a "What do we do next?" conference. The "what we do next" was apparently talk to the Chief Judge. The "what happens next?" - who knows?
I guess the press never thought about that, Hell two co-workers, getting together around 12:00 and meeting for an hour, they must be up to something.....
That is a crackerjack premise! Vince Flynn, look out!
Exactly. Taking this one more step, it would seem that the Rove/Libby avenue would be relatively short but the Wilson/CIA avenue would require a new grand jury that would use the the first grand jury's indictments as leverage.
Are you totally satisfied with your report? "Yes".
Do you feel that an extension is necessary for whatever reason?
"No".
Then have one on me!!
Are you on the payroll now?
I'll touch base with you on your comments here tomorrow. Seems odd that you'd go that far out on a limb based on a presumption that you don't know is true.
Have you considered that the meeting had nothing to do with extending the GJ?
That would be my first guess.
Bingo, and his leaking buds in the MSM could give him even more glowing coverage if he extends.
Great deal!
That makes more sense than anything else at this point. I guess we'll have to wait until the leak investigators leak more information to us.
Chief Judge Hogan is a Reagan appointee and is a smart, fair, tough, no-nonsense judge. If Fitzgerald is grandstanding or playing games, he will not find Tom Hogan very receptive.
Valerie worked for a large organization for MANY years. To say that no one knew about her working at the CIA is absurd.
with the expansion of the investigation to include the forged documents, I can see an extension making sense...
It's beginning to sound like "Don't kill the job!"
Ex parte meetings with the judge for other than procedural matters would not be allowed. I don't think Fitzgerald CAN run indictments by the judge.
I wish we had the video of Andrea Mitchell VERY early in this whole thing. She was on Hardball and told Chris: "Yes, I knew she was CIA. It was well known in certain circles".
I still think Andrea was Russert's source.
"Whether a request for an extension is a bad or good thing, I cannot say. But it sure would show the MSM's feeding frenzy about imminent indictments is way off the mark."
I think this is the best assessment yet.
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