I believe subpoenas have already been issued according to macranger. I agree the government already knows who the leakers are. I think we will hear of "suspects" or indictments or indictments coming before the elections. I am not sure how close before the elections but it will destroy the donks hopes of winning the senate and/or the house. Rep. Jefferson will be charged also and may implicate others through his seized files from his office.
"In his ruling, White said his hands were tied by a 1972 Supreme Court precedent that no one, including journalists, was above the law and may refuse to testify before a federal grand jury that has subpoenaed them. He added that Congress has not adopted a shield law to protect journalists from testifying before grand juries."
I love this line by obviously a liberal judge who didn't want to issue this ruling but was bound by law.
I thought a Judge has already ruled the government is not allowed to look at the documents seized from Jefferson's office?
Likewise, even if Durbin AND Rockefeller are indicted as the leakers to the NY Times, to their voter base, they will just say "It's Bush's fault, and in good conscience and for the sake of the children, it was my DUTY to get the public the information that the White House REFUSED to let the people know...." adn the DU crowds will cheer and vote for Democrats anyway.
Well...here is my conspiracy theory on all this. If you have been following the Libby case, you will recall a few months ago, some blogger on Truthout (Leopold I think) claimed there was a secret indictment of Karl Rove. The "case" was filed as "Secret versus Secret" in the court. It is my contention that that was in deed an indictment, but it was an indictment of Rockerfeller; Leopold got word that it was an indictment against someone whose name began with an R, and he jumped to the conclusion it was Rove; my guess is it was Rockerfeller. So there! :-)