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| Fitzmas - Part Deaux |
| 2005-11-18 |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said in court filings that the ongoing CIA leak investigation will involve proceedings before a new grand jury, a possible sign he could seek new charges in the case. In filings obtained by Reuters on Friday, Fitzgerald said "the investigation is continuing" and that "the investigation will involve proceedings before a different grand jury than the grand jury which returned the indictment" against Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Fitzgerald did not elaborate in the document. For two years he has been investigating the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. The grand jury that indicted Libby expired after the charges were filed late last month. President George W. Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, was not indicted along with Libby. But lawyers involved in the case said Rove remained under investigation and may still be charged. Earlier this week Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward disclosed that he testified under oath to Fitzgerald that a senior Bush administration official had casually told him in mid-June 2003 about CIA operative Valerie Plame's position at the agency. Fitzgerald's comments about bringing proceedings before a different grand jury were contained in court filings in which he backed off seeking a blanket order to keep all documents in the CIA leak case secret. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 I'd say yes - Earle's pandering to his base - which is screaming moonbat Austin, home of about 40,000 college weenies - and a couple of thousand hardcore socialist teachers and profs filling them with the swill. Earle would do anything to get camera face time. A whole career based on that one fact. He's safe, too, as long as nobody goes after his Law License. I used to live in Dallas - and knew him from waay back. I haven't been in TX since '98, but nothing's changed. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-11-18 23:30 |
| #3 Ronnie Earle, Patrick Fitzgerald? Are these guys are criminalizing politics? |
| Posted by: SR-71 2005-11-18 23:17 |
| #2 Drop dead, Fitz. That's my tax money you're pissing away on nothing. dittos... assuming Fitzgerald is just a garden variety beltway lawyer (fame/status seeker)..is he smart enough to recognize that All roads lead back to Plame, hubby and the coup cronies. so far he's acted like he's one of the marks....a directed tool. |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-11-18 16:13 |
| #1 Drop dead, Fitz. No, really, drop dead. You never know who the media whores are until they are in the limelight. Prosecutions based upon secondary or tertiary acts or omissions, completely unrelated to the original task - the bogus "outting" a frickin' analyst who was about as covert as, well, as someone who would do a cover shot for fucking Vanity Fair. Drop dead, Fitz. That's my tax money you're pissing away on nothing. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-11-18 15:11 |