There are other stories that the media has just totally ignored: David Addington, chief legal adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, says he was taken aback when the White House started making public pronouncements about the CIA leak investigation. In the fall of 2003, President Bush’s press secretary was categorically denying that either Karl Rove […]
I have really been waiting for this to happen: The CIA officer whose identity was leaked to reporters sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential adviser Karl Rove on Thursday, accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, […]
Every day seems to bring new stories of how Rove is closer to being indicted in the Plame case. Take this from today’s LA Times: Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald is believed to be considering perjury or obstruction charges against Rove or charges that he offered misstatements to investigators. A grand jury in the case […]
I am getting ready to start tearing into the Libby response filed today. I should have something up on it this evening. I have placed a copy on the server if anyone else is interested in seeing it (PDF File). Libby Response April 12 2006
With everyone paying attention to Bush and his now known involvement in the CIA leak case, one thing has been overlooked – what impact this revelation has on Libby’s defense. Today the Washington Post looks at that angle: Fitzgerald argued, in essence, that the White House effort to rebut Wilson’s criticism was so intense, and […]
In an article appearing in tomorrow’s Washington Post and available online now, we learn that it wasn’t just the opinion of Fitzgerald and the grand jury that Libby perjured himself but one judge who had made rulings in the case also felt the same: [Judge David] Tatel wrote that interviewing Miller would be crucial to […]
Fitzgerald is presenting new information to the grand jury today. Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald appeared this morning to present information to a new grand jury in the CIA leak investigation. Fitzgerald has been probing for two years what role senior Bush administration officials have played in leaking a CIA operative name to the media […]
According to Raw Story, testimony given by Karl Rove’s aide could further his chances of getting indicted in the outing of Valerie Plame. The attorneys say that Rove’s former personal assistant, Susan B. Ralston — who was also a special assistant to President Bush — testified in August about why Cooper’s call to Rove was […]
Newsweek has an interesting article that brings up the fact Karl Rove took out a $100,000 line of credit right after his last appearance before the grand jury. It also talks about the $5 million trust set up for the Libby defense. On the board of this trust is some major Republican fund raisers but […]
Heres an update on my previous postRove = Offical ‘a’. This is the Associated Presses report on this issue: ‘Official A’ Stands Out in Indictment By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer In a sign of the trouble lingering for the Bush administration, the indictment handed up Friday in the CIA leak probe refers to someone […]