Sunday October 16, 2005

Rove told facing perjury charge;
Will resign if indicted
RAW STORY


KARL ROVE WOULD IMMEDIATELY RESIGN OR GO ON UNPAID LEAVE IF INDICTED
IN THE CIA LEAK CASE, SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH STRATEGY TELL TIME

New York --

Karl Rove has a plan, as always.

Even before testifying last week for the fourth time before a grand
jury probing the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity,
Rove--who as senior adviser and deputy chief of staff runs a vast
swath of the West Wing--and others at the White House had concluded he
would immediately resign or possibly go on unpaid leave if indicted,
several legal and Administration sources familiar with the thinking
tell TIME.

The same scenario would apply to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the Vice
President's chief of staff, who also faces a possible indictment.

A former White House official says Rove's break with Bush would have
to be clean--no "giving advice from the sidelines"--for the sake of
the Administration, TIME's Viveca Novak and Mike Allen report in this
week's issue of TIME (on newsstands Monday, Oct. 17).

Severing his White House ties would allow Rove to fight aggressively
"any bull_ charges," says a source close to Rove, like allegations
that he was part of a broad conspiracy to discredit Plame's husband,
Joseph Wilson.

Rove's defense: whatever he did fell far short of that.

Fitzgerald appears to be seriously weighing a perjury charge for
Rove's failure to tell grand jurors that he talked to TIME
correspondent Matt Cooper about Plame, according to a person close to
Rove.

Rove corrected himself in a later grand jury session.

If charged with perjury, he will maintain his line:

he simply didn't recall the conversation with Cooper, and told
Fitzgerald as soon as he did, TIME reports.

These strategies are being shaped absent any real knowledge of what
Fitzgerald might do before the grand jury's dissolution on Oct. 28.

"If he played his cards any closer to the vest they'd be in his
underwear," says a lawyer who's a friend of the White House.

But Fitzgerald's intentions aren't the only mystery.

Another character in the drama remains unnamed:

the original source for columnist Robert Novak, who wrote the first
piece naming Plame.

Fitzgerald, says a lawyer in the case, "knows who it is--and it's not
someone at the White House," TIME reports.

_________________________________________________________

Sounds like Turd Blossom's hanging by his thumbs.

Harry

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Sunday October 16, 2005

Rove told facing perjury charge;
Will resign if indicted
RAW STORY
KARL ROVE WOULD IMMEDIATELY RESIGN OR GO ON UNPAID LEAVE IF INDICTED
IN THE CIA LEAK CASE, SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH STRATEGY TELL TIME
New York --
Karl Rove has a plan, as always.
Even before testifying last week for the fourth time before a grand
jury probing the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame’s identity,
Rove--who as senior adviser and deputy chief of staff runs a vast
swath of the West Wing--and others at the White House had concluded he
would immediately resign or possibly go on unpaid leave if indicted,
several legal and Administration sources familiar with the thinking
tell TIME.
The same scenario would apply to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the Vice
President’s chief of staff, who also faces a possible indictment.
A former White House official says Rove’s break with Bush would have
to be clean--no "giving advice from the sidelines"--for the sake of
the Administration, TIME’s Viveca Novak and Mike Allen report in this
week’s issue of TIME (on newsstands Monday, Oct. 17).
Severing his White House ties would allow Rove to fight aggressively
"any bull_ charges," says a source close to Rove, like allegations
that he was part of a broad conspiracy to discredit Plame’s husband,
Joseph Wilson.
Rove’s defense: whatever he did fell far short of that.
Fitzgerald appears to be seriously weighing a perjury charge for
Rove’s failure to tell grand jurors that he talked to TIME
correspondent Matt Cooper about Plame, according to a person close to
Rove.
Rove corrected himself in a later grand jury session.
If charged with perjury, he will maintain his line:
he simply didn’t recall the conversation with Cooper, and told
Fitzgerald as soon as he did, TIME reports.
These strategies are being shaped absent any real knowledge of what
Fitzgerald might do before the grand jury’s dissolution on Oct. 28.
"If he played his cards any closer to the vest they’d be in his
underwear," says a lawyer who’s a friend of the White House.
But Fitzgerald’s intentions aren’t the only mystery.
Another character in the drama remains unnamed:
the original source for columnist Robert Novak, who wrote the first
piece naming Plame.
Fitzgerald, says a lawyer in the case, "knows who it is--and it’s not
someone at the White House," TIME reports.
_________________________________________________________
Sounds like Turd Blossom's hanging by his thumbs.
Harry

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Rove_told_facing_perjury_charge_Will_1016.html

Sunday October 16, 2005

Rove told facing perjury charge;
Will resign if indicted
RAW STORY


KARL ROVE WOULD IMMEDIATELY RESIGN OR GO ON UNPAID LEAVE IF INDICTED
IN THE CIA LEAK CASE, SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH STRATEGY TELL TIME

New York --

Karl Rove has a plan, as always.

Even before testifying last week for the fourth time before a grand
jury probing the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame’s identity,
Rove--who as senior adviser and deputy chief of staff runs a vast
swath of the West Wing--and others at the White House had concluded he
would immediately resign or possibly go on unpaid leave if indicted,
several legal and Administration sources familiar with the thinking
tell TIME.

The same scenario would apply to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the Vice
President’s chief of staff, who also faces a possible indictment.

A former White House official says Rove’s break with Bush would have
to be clean--no "giving advice from the sidelines"--for the sake of
the Administration, TIME’s Viveca Novak and Mike Allen report in this
week’s issue of TIME (on newsstands Monday, Oct. 17).

Severing his White House ties would allow Rove to fight aggressively
"any bull_ charges," says a source close to Rove, like allegations
that he was part of a broad conspiracy to discredit Plame’s husband,
Joseph Wilson.

Rove’s defense: whatever he did fell far short of that.

Fitzgerald appears to be seriously weighing a perjury charge for
Rove’s failure to tell grand jurors that he talked to TIME
correspondent Matt Cooper about Plame, according to a person close to
Rove.

Rove corrected himself in a later grand jury session.

If charged with perjury, he will maintain his line:

he simply didn’t recall the conversation with Cooper, and told
Fitzgerald as soon as he did, TIME reports.

These strategies are being shaped absent any real knowledge of what
Fitzgerald might do before the grand jury’s dissolution on Oct. 28.

"If he played his cards any closer to the vest they’d be in his
underwear," says a lawyer who’s a friend of the White House.

But Fitzgerald’s intentions aren’t the only mystery.

Another character in the drama remains unnamed:

the original source for columnist Robert Novak, who wrote the first
piece naming Plame.

Fitzgerald, says a lawyer in the case, "knows who it is--and it’s not
someone at the White House," TIME reports.

_________________________________________________________

Sounds like Turd Blossom's hanging by his thumbs.

Harry