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Ari Fleischer has repeatedly stated during today's Press Conference that the President "is weighing all positions and as yet, has not made a determination." When a reporter came back to this subject late in the conference, asking about Justice Dept., Ari said that he'd (reporter) have to ask Justice about that, but the President was being very deliberate, listening to various positions, and as yet, has not made any determination and probably would not make one this week."

Sounds to me like this article from MSNBC is a bunck of hoakum.

Remember, this report came from Pete Williams who does work for NBC, and by extension, MSNBC.

" Pete Williams
Pete Williams has been covering the Justice Department and the U.S. Supreme Court for NBC News as a correspondent, based in Washington, DC., since March 1993.

Prior to joining NBC, Williams served as a press official on Capitol Hill for many years. In 1986 he joined the Washington, DC staff of Congressman Dick Cheney of Wyoming as press secretary and a legislative assistant. In 1989, when Cheney was named Assistant Secretary of Defense, Williams was appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. While there, Williams was named Government Communicator of the Year in 1991 by the National Association of Government Communicators.

A native of Casper, WY, and a 1974 graduate of Stanford University, Williams was a reporter and news director at KTWO-TV and Radio in Casper from 1974 to 1985."

His closeness to Cheney is why I suggested he might be sending up a trial balloon as a favor to the Bush Administration. But then I listened to the Williams report, and he did not say "Treason charges were ruled out", and he did not say "a decision had been made." It was more like a "maybe" to any possibility.

Now that Ari Fleischer has said no decision will be made this week and probably not next week, I think President Bush is reconsidering the lighter charge. The lighter charge definitely was not well received.