Capital Awaits Word of Whether Rove Will Be Indicted

CIA Leak Case Heats Up Hazy Summer

By JOHN COCHRAN

Capital Awaits Word of Whether Rove Will Be Indicted

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2006 — Thermometers have finally hit the 90's, and Washington is getting the lazy, sultry look that comes as May dissolves into June.

We Washingtonians tend to slow down, but the news doesn't. And it won't this summer either, with a decision expected from Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald that will finally determine whether a top White House aide will face serious federal charges in the CIA leak case.

Those old enough to remember Watergate will recall the fiercely hot summer of '74, when scandal revelations brought down Richard Nixon's presidency.

Now Washington waits to see what this summer holds for the Bush White House. No one believes the scandal will approach the grand scale of Watergate, but when it hits it will certainly qualify as breaking news.

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...It can't be "fun" for Rove and the rest of the White House.

Pove thinks he has IBS from crapping in his pants so much. He has lost a lot of weight lately.

for those who died because of the exposure of brewster jennings?? how much fun has it been for our troops in iraq that they were lied into?? how much fun is it for the families of those soldiers who lost their lives in a war of lies?
how much fun has it been for Iraqi's who have died because of this lie of a war and occupation??

how much fun is it for iraqi's to still have shit in the water?? or only a couple hours of power a day?

fuck rove..fuck * fuck cheney , fuck rummy, fuck wolfowitz, pearle, chalabi , j miller, libby, and all the rest of these monsters..i don't give a rats ass how they feel..i wish they could be all frog marched in front of the internation world court for war crimes today..not tommorrow but today..and i wish i could see in the near future all of them in orange suits headed for the death penality for all the needless deaths they have caused world wide!

fly

Patrick Fitzgerald, if I remember correctly, is not bound to write a report. It's the difference between being a special prosecutor (the statute expired,) and a special counsel, if I remember (again,) correctly.

I'm sure that H2OMan could enlighten us on this further.

Julie

If we all think back to the press conference, a journalist asked Mr. Fitzgerald about a report.

Q: I think you, kind of, answered this but I assume that you have no plans and don't even think you'd be allowed to issue a final report of any sort.

PF: You're correct. But let me explain.

I think what people may be confused about is that reports used to be issued by independent counsels. ... That statute lapsed, I'm not an independent counsel, and I do not have the authority to write a report, and, frankly, I don't think I should have that authority. I think we should conduct this like any other criminal investigation: charge someone or be quiet.

It's just a matter of time.
Waiting for fitzmas.

I'm betting the indictments will be handed down shortly before the November elections. September/October feels about right to me.

A little stratergy never hurt anyone.

date when Fitz may indict. Dems don't have control over the investigation. How don't see how they could time anything?

the justice department does either. How could they possibly time it? Why would you say that?

Oh, it's pretty hot here in my city.

>No one believes the scandal will approach the grand scale of Watergate,<

Really, Mr. Cochran? That's interesting. Anyone who comprehends what they read would know that the CIA leak case is WORSE than Watergate. Our national security was compromised in the interest of a political payback. The work that Valerie Plame and Brewster Jennings was doing is irretrievably compromised as a result.

Maybe the heat's getting to him already.

Julie

it will only be because the news media has NEVER done it's job reporting about the crimes and lies of this administration. Those crimes have so surpassed Watergate it is truly, not even funny.

to start "preparing" us for the "shocks" that lie ahead... but I forget, they aren't going to be anywhere near so important as what happened in the summer of '74. Sounds like the good ship WH is hoping that throwing someone else overboard will keep the wreck afloat...

her expectations ahead of time. Ask Cheney's wife.

Seems just one egomaniac got fired.

This phrase makes me want to throw up and scream alternatively!
When one thinks of al;l the death involved here---I am stunned.

This should be the biggest scandal the WORLD has ever seen---but of course nothing will happen !
But then I don't have to tell you DUERS this, do I!

This whole case could explode into something huge at any time. I guess we will just have to see.

I will - Rove is going down and I am going to party.

get us out of this war at the same time. I'm dreaming, I know. The reality is instead we are about to instigate another war.