LOL! Thanks for the link and posting the content. I thought it was a VERY important moment.
BREAKINGS- FYI- the president will make a statement about indictments sometime today. Libby WILL step down while he fights charges.
Wow, look at this:
'Scooter' Libby to Avoid Perjury Charge
Newsmax ^ | Oct 28, 2005
Posted on 10/28/2005 11:15:48 AM EDT by Hadean
Lewis "Scooter" Libby will likely avoid perjury charges in the Leakgate case, and will instead be charged with making a false statement to investigators - a crime that mirrors Independent Counsel Robert Ray's findings against Hillary Clinton five years ago.
Libby's indictment "will be 'false statement' charges as part of an effort to mislead the grand jury," reporter Carl Cameron told Fox News radio host Tony Snow Friday morning.
"False statement charges are significantly different from perjury," Cameron explained. "They don't include the need to prove intent."
Libby's indictment will likely be based, said Cameron, on his claim that he first learned of Valerie Plame's identity from the media, rather than from Vice President Dick Cheney, as media accounts have suggested.
In his October 2000 final report on the Travelgate scandal, Independent Counsel Ray said of Mrs. Clinton: "The overwhelming evidence establishes that she played a role in the decision to fire the [travel office] employees and provided input into that decision. Thus, her statement to the contrary under oath was factually false."
Despite Mr. Ray's conclusion, however, that Mrs. Clinton had committed a serious federal felony, he declined to prosecute.
So that's it? Libby is sure to be indicted appearantly?
BREAKING NEWS FROM WASHINGTON POST:
"Rove provided new information to Fitzgerald during eleventh-hour negotiations that "gave Fitzgerald pause" about charging Bush's senior strategist, said a source close to Rove. "The prosecutor has to resolve those issues before he decides what to do."
This raised the possibility of a new grand jury getting the case because the term for the current grand jury expires today.
A source close to Rove said the matter will be resolved in "weeks, not months."
Rove's own comments to reporters outside his Washington home as he left for work this morning fueled speculation he might be spared. "I am going to have a great Friday and a fantastic weekend and hope you do too," Rove said to reporters."