Grand Jury Hears Plame Case

[grytpype]

Holy sheit!

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,581456,00.html

Sources with knowledge of the case tell TIME that behind closed doors at the E. Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse, nearby the Capitol, a grand jury began hearing testimony Wednesday in the investigation of who leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame to columnist Robert Novak and other journalists.

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[RedEarth]

1. Very interesting......

Now we just need to hope the evidence they find is sufficient to put this admin on the run.

[Melsky]

2. I love your signature line!

[grytpype]

6. I just bought one of your paintings!!!

It's mine now!

[lancdem]

3. Wow!

Check out this quote at the end: "No one knows what the hell is going on," says someone who could be a witness, "because the administration people are all terrified and the lawyers aren't sharing anything with each other either."

Notice how this is the antithesis of the Starr investigation - no politically motivated leaks. And now we know why the special prosecutor was brought on board.

[blm]

5. Whoa....hold onto your hats.

Wilson has GOT to be sharing this info with Kerry, too. The general election is gonna be a slugfest.

[lancdem]

8. Hmmm

I hadn't thought of that.

[calimary]

14. I HOPE they're all terrified. They deserve to be.

I hope they are all sleeping fitfully and growing nice big ulcers. I also hope there's at least one of them who finally develops a conscience. We desperately need a Project for a New American Deep Throat.

[Bandit]

24. Now why would the administration be terrified?

They never do anything wrong just ask them. :shrug: If ever there was any justice please let it be within this administration. I worry that when the fox is protecting the henhouse that healthy hens will not be the end result.

[PaDUer]

4. It's about time...

and hope that they're not just "going through the motions" as in voting. We want the truth and the perps jailed, ALL of them!

[0007]

7. Every journey begins with the first step -

[Sliverofhope]

9. You beat me to posting this

Not that I'm complaining. Good timing. Well, it begins... sort of, anyway.

[grytpype]

10. I wasted NO TIME!

I'll let someone else post "Cheney, Rove Fingered as Leakers in Plame Case."

[Fovea]

11. I am waiting to report

Bush Resigns as Cheney and Rove are sentenced, deal said to include Amnesty from Domestic, not International prosecution. Dateline 9/11/2004.

[dennis4868]

23. And in even more incredible news....

the supreme court is reversing its decision in Bush v. Gore and is ordering all votes in the Florida 2000 election for president to be counted.

[leesa]

12. Big deal. Anything done behind closed doors in this corrupt

system is just a waste of time and money.

[grytpype]

13. There are too many witnesses.

The guilty parties cannot possibly get away.

[Dookus]

15. grand juries

are always behind closed doors. Nothing unusual about that. It would be reckless to accuse people of crimes, then never charge them.

[radfringe]

16. here's THEIR "out"

A huge unanswered question in this case is whether the leaker or leakers knew that Plame was undercover when they gave her identity away. That is a necessary element for any indictment for leaking the name of a covert agent. However, charges could also be brought for making false statements to the FBI, if a guilty party has falsely claimed innocence in interviews with government agents.


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the LEAKER would have had to known that PLAME was CIA .... cue the Sgt Shultz clip.... I know nothing.....

[LeftHander]

17. Kick!

Lets see Rove do the perp walk...

[Beetwasher]

18. Let's Hope Fitz is Sticking to His Guns

I like the fact that this being done very quietly, that's actually quite encouraging.

[MaineDem]

19. I met with Joe Wilson yesterday

I mentioned this on another thread but he said he was satisfied with the choice of Fitzgerald as the prosecutor on this. Ambassador Wilson said he trusts "government professionals" (his term), of which he himself was one for over 25 years, to do their jobs without political interference.

He also said the "leaker" could only be one of about 10 people.


Edited for typo.

[Cooley Hurd]

Did he name the 10 people it could be?

Rove and Scooter Libby are gimmes, but I wonder who the other eight would be?

[MaineDem]

21. No, he didn't

Scooter Libby's name came up in conversation but not in context of one of the possibles.

[Just Me]

20. If it was or done at the behest of Rove, will the house of neo-con cards

completely collapse? Could this represent the beginning of a chain reaction of investigations into misuse of office, fraud, treason, etc? If the grand jury proceeding produces an indictment (or two or three or more), do ya' think that the civil suits by 9/11 victims and that Arar fellow and others like them will be further bolstered and finally brought into the public's purview? When I think of the possibilities, I get pretty damned punchy *LOL*!!!

[Stephanie]

22. I love an optimist!

We are having a GREAT day!

AWOL is out in the open
PLAME case to the grand jury
KRUGMAN's breakthrough BBV op-ed

What a day!

[Ganja Ninja]

25. Will there be room in the jail cell for Rove's co-conspritor...

the dark prince, Bob Novakula?