- Late Edition -- On the eve of the day that is expected
to bring indictments against current and former members of the Bush White
House, there are rumors circulating in the media and around the punditocracy
of DC about what will occur tomorrow.
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- I spoke to a well known TV journalist yesterday outside
the US Court House in DC and we agreed that this prosecutor's prevention
of leaks from his legal team was unprecedented in a city that thrives on
leaks.
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- The rumors are mainly emanating from the defense side
of the house. But here's the latest from the rumor mill (all very speculative
but all from "insiders"):
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- Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will seek a Leakgate
Grand Jury extension and possibly another separate Grand Jury to look into
criminal matters not directly associated with the CIA leak . . . Karl Rove
may not be indicted tomorrow but will remain under investigation by an
extended Grand Jury . . .
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- Others report that Rove may still be trying to negotiate
a deal with the prosecutor in return for his cooperation . . . Judith Miller
of the New York Times remains under investigation for inconsistent statements
before the Grand Jury . . . I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is facing
"problems" on the domestic home front as well as from the Special
Prosecutor . . .
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- The names of John Bolton, David Wurmser, and CIA officer
Frederick Fleitz have been added to the list of potential targets of the
prosecutor for engaging in a criminal conspiracy to divulge the covert
identity of Valerie Plame to Libby and other White House officials . .
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- The Bush White House is gripped in panic with an increasingly
volatile George W. Bush, using the saltiest of language, accusing his closest
aides of betrayal and disloyalty . . .
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- Younger White House staffers are appalled at how fast
the White House, which operated on strict organizational discipline, is
unraveling in the midst of the biggest scandal to hit Washington since
Watergate. Stay tuned.
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