[Hound of the Baskervilles]

Why would anyone NEED to lie to the Grand Jury if there was no crime?

[Steve_Seattle]

"Why would anyone NEED to lie to the Grand Jury if there was no crime?"

If one of the reporters - say Matt Cooper - had previously been misrepresenting statements from his sources (Rove?), and was caught in the act, he might try to lie his way out of an admission that would be professional suicide.