Tuesday :: June 13, 2006
EXCLUSIVE: No Deal for Karl Rove
http://www.talkleft.com/
Sometimes people just don't know when to cry "uncle." I do. I asked Robert Luskin this morning if Karl Rove has made a deal with Fitzgerald. His response:
There has never, ever been any discussion of a deal in any way, shape or form.
Which is exactly what Luskin told me weeks ago. It's over, folks. Karl Rove will not be charged with a crime. He's cooperated with Fitzgerald by testifying to the grand jury five times and providing whatever information he had without a safety net. Without a 5k. Without assurances he would not be indicted. That's a hell of a risk, but Luskin pulled it off. My hat's off to Luskin.
I opined repeatedly on TalkLeft and HuffPo that Karl Rove would be charged at least with making a false statement to investigators in the fall of 2003 before a grand jury was convened -- the Martha Stewart crime. That was wrong.
I'm ready to put this to bed. Karl Rove walked. He's one of the rare subjects of an investigation who was able to talk his way out of an Indictment.
And yes, I think Jason needs to out his sources. If there was and will be no Indictment of Rove, his sources lied. If any are lawyers at Patton Boggs, I hope they lose their jobs and their law licenses.
MORE...
11:25 AM | Permalink | Valerie Plame Leak | Comments (70)
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Federal Prosecutors Decide Not to Indict Karl Rove in CIA Leak Case
Listen to Segment || Download Show mp3
http://ia301238.us.archive.org/0/items/dn2006-0613/dn2006-0613-1_64kb.mp3
LEAKGATE... INFO AND LINKS:
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/leakgate.htm
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Hey Bob, Where’s Your Letter?
By Jane Hamsher @ 2:24 pm
http://www.firedoglake.com/category/cia-leak-case/
I have to say I don’t know what all the fuss is about.
When I first heard that Rove got a letter saying that Fitzgerald did not intend to bring charges against him, I immediately thought — as emptywheel did — of a conversation we had between the Plame panelists last Thursday. Emptywheel took a poll of those who thought Rove had flipped and both Joe Wilson and Larry Johnson raised their hands. Christy acknowledged that it was awfully weird for someone to testify before a grand jury five times and NOT be cooperating in some fashion with the prosecution. Today emptywheel offers this account:
I was one of those who raised her hand halfway. My logic is this:
Dick Cheney is dragging down the White House. He is largely responsible for the mess in Iraq. He is trying to sabotage any attempts to negotiate honestly with Iran. And he is exposing everyone in the Administration to some serious legal jeopardy, in the event they ever lose control of courts. At some point, Dick Cheney’s authoritarianism will doom Bush’s legacy.
But you can’t make him quit. His is a Constitutional office, he was elected along with Bush, so you can’t make him resign like you can with your Treasury Secretary or your Environmental Secretary. What better way to get rid of him, then, than to expose him to legal proceedings? It gives you the ability (farcical, but no matter) to say that you have severed all ties with his policies and legacies.
It’s become ever more apparent as time goes on and Fitzgerald releases bits of information in his filings that this was a Dick Cheney operation. Rove may have gotten involved because smearing people is his idea of a good time, but the Cheney scrawlings on Joe Wilson’s op-ed are the "blue dress" of this case. Look at Conrad Black. Look at George Ryan. I’m sorry, but Fitzgerald had Rove dead to rights if he wanted him, and anyone who thinks he got nothing for something has been following the story of a different prosecutor than I have been.
Posted in CIA Leak Case | 252 Comments
http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/13/hey-bob-wheres-your-letter/#comments
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POASTED: "RADIO YOUR WAY"
http://www.apfn.net/pogo.htm
LEAK - GATE: This White House Scandal Finally Tips the Scale!
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/leakgate.htm
Libby: Bush Authorized Leak To Times
4/06/06 Randi Rhodes: Bush leaking classified information to the press to get his Iraq War
#1 http://www.apfn.net/audio/A003I06040612021901480-rhodes-leak1.MP3 (4.07MB)
#2 http://www.apfn.net/audio/A004I06040612321801480-rhodes-leak2.MP3 (3.67MB)
4/06/06 Randi Rhodes re: Leakgate
http://www.apfn.net/audio/M001I060406130730-leakgate1.MP3 (4.01MB)
http://www.apfn.net/audio/M002I060406135053-leakgate2.MP3 (3.79MB)
http://www.apfn.net/audio/M003I060406143202-leakgate3.MP3 (3.81MB)
4/06/06 Al Franken re: Leakgate
#1 http://www.apfn.net/audio/A001I06040609055201480-franken-leakgate2.MP3 (4.54MB)
#2 http://www.apfn.net/audio/A002I06040610124801480-franken-leakgate2.MP3 (7.17MB)
Leak-Gate Part 1: The Lies
Flash Player
http://www.apfn.org/flash/leakgate1.swf
Leak-Gate Part 2: The Leak
Flash Player
http://www.apfn.org/flash/leakgate2.swf
Leak-Gate Part 3: ‘more leaks, call the plumber'
Flash Player
http://www.apfn.org/flash/leakgate3.swf
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/Bush_leak.htm
4/07/06 Hardball with Chris Matthews re: Leakgate - Bush authorized exposure of classified information.
#1 http://www.apfn.net/audio/L001I060407162615-matthews-leakgate1.MP3 (6.21MB) 27Min 10 Sec
#2 http://www.apfn.net/audio/L002I060407165455-matthews-leakgate2.MP3 (6.35MB) 27Min 46Sec
4/07/06 Randi Rhodes re: Leakgate - Bush authorized classified information leak
#1 http://www.apfn.net/audio/A002I06040713454001480-rhodes-leakgateA.MP3 (3.81MB) 16Min 39 Sec
#2 http://www.apfn.net/audio/A003I06040713454001480-rhodes-leakgateB.MP3 (4.95MB) 21Min 37 Sec
Charles Goyett: Wilson, Plame, Cooper... Don't Forget the Back Story!
* Listen to the MP3 Audio - Segment 3 (9.30 MB) 10/11/05
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/media/2005-10-11-Charles-03.mp3
4/10/06 CNN Wolf Blitzer Situation Room with Joseph Wilson re: Leakgate
http://www.apfn.net/audio/M001I060410155242-CNN-wilson-4-10-06.MP3 (4.55MB)
A Spy Speaks Out
When no weapons of mass destruction surfaced in Iraq, President Bush insisted WMD claims were the result of faulty intelligence. A former top CIA official tells CBS the White House only used intelligence it liked, ignoring other information. More...
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml
04/23/06 Audio: 60 Minutes re: Intelligence on the Iraq War
http://www.apfn.net/pogo/M002I060423182100-60MINUTES-Iraq-War.MP3 (5.09MB) 22Min 14Sec
04/21/06 Audio: C-SPAN2 National Security and the First Amendment
#1 http://www.apfn.net/pogo/M002I060424082947-CSPAN2-4-21-06A.MP3 (7.27MB) 31Min 46Sec
#2 http://www.apfn.net/pogo/M003I060424090306-CSPAN-04-21-06B.MP3 (7.98MB) 34Min 52Sec
04/27/06 Audio: Lou Dobbs re: Former top CIA official Tyler Drumheller
Audio: http://www.apfn.net/pogo/M001I060427-dobbs-drumheller-4-27-6.MP3 (3.17MB) 13Min 51 Sec
05/22/06 C-Span with Reporter Anne Marie Squeo re: CIA Leak Summary
http://www.apfn.net/pogo/L001I060522-C-SPAN-LEAK-5-22-06.MP3 (11.3MB)
CIA LEAK... 6/9/06... KOS CONF...
THE BEST BLOGGERS ON THE CIA LEAK STORY:
Audio: http://www.apfn.net/pogo/L003I060609-leakgate.MP3
Firedoglake.com...Legal Bloggers on Grand Jury
and what's happening in the CIA Leak case!
Audio: http://www.apfn.net/pogo/L001I060609-lasvegas.MP3
LEAKGATE... INFO AND LINKS:
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/leakgate.htm
EXCLUSIVE: No Deal for Karl Rove
http://www.talkleft.com/
Sometimes people just don't know when to cry "uncle." I do. I asked Robert Luskin this morning if Karl Rove has made a deal with Fitzgerald. His response:
There has never, ever been any discussion of a deal in any way, shape or form.
Which is exactly what Luskin told me weeks ago. It's over, folks. Karl Rove will not be charged with a crime. He's cooperated with Fitzgerald by testifying to the grand jury five times and providing whatever information he had without a safety net. Without a 5k. Without assurances he would not be indicted. That's a hell of a risk, but Luskin pulled it off. My hat's off to Luskin.
I opined repeatedly on TalkLeft and HuffPo that Karl Rove would be charged at least with making a false statement to investigators in the fall of 2003 before a grand jury was convened -- the Martha Stewart crime. That was wrong.
I'm ready to put this to bed. Karl Rove walked. He's one of the rare subjects of an investigation who was able to talk his way out of an Indictment.
And yes, I think Jason needs to out his sources. If there was and will be no Indictment of Rove, his sources lied. If any are lawyers at Patton Boggs, I hope they lose their jobs and their law licenses.
MORE...
11:25 AM | Permalink | Valerie Plame Leak | Comments (70)
http://www.talkleft.com/
==============================
Federal Prosecutors Decide Not to Indict Karl Rove in CIA Leak Case
Listen to Segment || Download Show mp3
http://ia301238.us.archive.org/0/items/dn2006-0613/dn2006-0613-1_64kb.mp3
LEAKGATE... INFO AND LINKS:
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/leakgate.htm
=======================================
Hey Bob, Where’s Your Letter?
By Jane Hamsher @ 2:24 pm
http://www.firedoglake.com/category/cia-leak-case/
I have to say I don’t know what all the fuss is about.
When I first heard that Rove got a letter saying that Fitzgerald did not intend to bring charges against him, I immediately thought — as emptywheel did — of a conversation we had between the Plame panelists last Thursday. Emptywheel took a poll of those who thought Rove had flipped and both Joe Wilson and Larry Johnson raised their hands. Christy acknowledged that it was awfully weird for someone to testify before a grand jury five times and NOT be cooperating in some fashion with the prosecution. Today emptywheel offers this account:
I was one of those who raised her hand halfway. My logic is this:
Dick Cheney is dragging down the White House. He is largely responsible for the mess in Iraq. He is trying to sabotage any attempts to negotiate honestly with Iran. And he is exposing everyone in the Administration to some serious legal jeopardy, in the event they ever lose control of courts. At some point, Dick Cheney’s authoritarianism will doom Bush’s legacy.
But you can’t make him quit. His is a Constitutional office, he was elected along with Bush, so you can’t make him resign like you can with your Treasury Secretary or your Environmental Secretary. What better way to get rid of him, then, than to expose him to legal proceedings? It gives you the ability (farcical, but no matter) to say that you have severed all ties with his policies and legacies.
It’s become ever more apparent as time goes on and Fitzgerald releases bits of information in his filings that this was a Dick Cheney operation. Rove may have gotten involved because smearing people is his idea of a good time, but the Cheney scrawlings on Joe Wilson’s op-ed are the "blue dress" of this case. Look at Conrad Black. Look at George Ryan. I’m sorry, but Fitzgerald had Rove dead to rights if he wanted him, and anyone who thinks he got nothing for something has been following the story of a different prosecutor than I have been.
Posted in CIA Leak Case | 252 Comments
http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/13/hey-bob-wheres-your-letter/#comments
============================================
POASTED: "RADIO YOUR WAY"
http://www.apfn.net/pogo.htm
LEAK - GATE: This White House Scandal Finally Tips the Scale!
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/leakgate.htm
Libby: Bush Authorized Leak To Times
4/06/06 Randi Rhodes: Bush leaking classified information to the press to get his Iraq War
#1 http://www.apfn.net/audio/A003I06040612021901480-rhodes-leak1.MP3 (4.07MB)
#2 http://www.apfn.net/audio/A004I06040612321801480-rhodes-leak2.MP3 (3.67MB)
4/06/06 Randi Rhodes re: Leakgate
http://www.apfn.net/audio/M001I060406130730-leakgate1.MP3 (4.01MB)
http://www.apfn.net/audio/M002I060406135053-leakgate2.MP3 (3.79MB)
http://www.apfn.net/audio/M003I060406143202-leakgate3.MP3 (3.81MB)
4/06/06 Al Franken re: Leakgate
#1 http://www.apfn.net/audio/A001I06040609055201480-franken-leakgate2.MP3 (4.54MB)
#2 http://www.apfn.net/audio/A002I06040610124801480-franken-leakgate2.MP3 (7.17MB)
Leak-Gate Part 1: The Lies
Flash Player
http://www.apfn.org/flash/leakgate1.swf
Leak-Gate Part 2: The Leak
Flash Player
http://www.apfn.org/flash/leakgate2.swf
Leak-Gate Part 3: ‘more leaks, call the plumber'
Flash Player
http://www.apfn.org/flash/leakgate3.swf
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/Bush_leak.htm
4/07/06 Hardball with Chris Matthews re: Leakgate - Bush authorized exposure of classified information.
#1 http://www.apfn.net/audio/L001I060407162615-matthews-leakgate1.MP3 (6.21MB) 27Min 10 Sec
#2 http://www.apfn.net/audio/L002I060407165455-matthews-leakgate2.MP3 (6.35MB) 27Min 46Sec
4/07/06 Randi Rhodes re: Leakgate - Bush authorized classified information leak
#1 http://www.apfn.net/audio/A002I06040713454001480-rhodes-leakgateA.MP3 (3.81MB) 16Min 39 Sec
#2 http://www.apfn.net/audio/A003I06040713454001480-rhodes-leakgateB.MP3 (4.95MB) 21Min 37 Sec
Charles Goyett: Wilson, Plame, Cooper... Don't Forget the Back Story!
* Listen to the MP3 Audio - Segment 3 (9.30 MB) 10/11/05
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/media/2005-10-11-Charles-03.mp3
4/10/06 CNN Wolf Blitzer Situation Room with Joseph Wilson re: Leakgate
http://www.apfn.net/audio/M001I060410155242-CNN-wilson-4-10-06.MP3 (4.55MB)
A Spy Speaks Out
When no weapons of mass destruction surfaced in Iraq, President Bush insisted WMD claims were the result of faulty intelligence. A former top CIA official tells CBS the White House only used intelligence it liked, ignoring other information. More...
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml
04/23/06 Audio: 60 Minutes re: Intelligence on the Iraq War
http://www.apfn.net/pogo/M002I060423182100-60MINUTES-Iraq-War.MP3 (5.09MB) 22Min 14Sec
04/21/06 Audio: C-SPAN2 National Security and the First Amendment
#1 http://www.apfn.net/pogo/M002I060424082947-CSPAN2-4-21-06A.MP3 (7.27MB) 31Min 46Sec
#2 http://www.apfn.net/pogo/M003I060424090306-CSPAN-04-21-06B.MP3 (7.98MB) 34Min 52Sec
04/27/06 Audio: Lou Dobbs re: Former top CIA official Tyler Drumheller
Audio: http://www.apfn.net/pogo/M001I060427-dobbs-drumheller-4-27-6.MP3 (3.17MB) 13Min 51 Sec
05/22/06 C-Span with Reporter Anne Marie Squeo re: CIA Leak Summary
http://www.apfn.net/pogo/L001I060522-C-SPAN-LEAK-5-22-06.MP3 (11.3MB)
CIA LEAK... 6/9/06... KOS CONF...
THE BEST BLOGGERS ON THE CIA LEAK STORY:
Audio: http://www.apfn.net/pogo/L003I060609-leakgate.MP3
Firedoglake.com...Legal Bloggers on Grand Jury
and what's happening in the CIA Leak case!
Audio: http://www.apfn.net/pogo/L001I060609-lasvegas.MP3
LEAKGATE... INFO AND LINKS:
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/leakgate.htm
