According to Rawstory, Rove received target letter!!!

[Chimichurri]

more to come....

http://rawstory.com/

[KyndCulture]

1. what's a "target letter"?

[elehhhhna]

2. If I understand it's an official notice that you are a TARGET of the

investigation -- not just a witness.

The Department of Justice has special policies when the subpoenaed person is either a “target” or a “subject” of the grand jury investigation. A “target” is someone the prosecutor or grand jury has substantial evidence to link to a crime, and who, in the judgment of the prosecutor, is likely to be indicted. A “subject” of a grand jury investigation is someone whose conduct is within the scope of the grand jury’s investigation.

http://www.lawyers.com/lawyers/A~1001633~LDS/FAQ+CRIME+FEDERAL.html

[eleny]

5. Time to break out that photoshop someone did the other day

Fitz peering in Rove's window and over his shoulder. Wish I'd saved it!

[emulatorloo]

3. You are a "target" of the investigation

as opposed to a witness or innocent bystander

[Chimichurri]

4. it's...

The Department of Justice has special policies when the subpoenaed person is either a “target” or a “subject” of the grand jury investigation. A “target” is someone the prosecutor or grand jury has substantial evidence to link to a crime, and who, in the judgment of the prosecutor, is likely to be indicted. A “subject” of a grand jury investigation is someone whose conduct is within the scope of the grand jury’s investigation.

http://www.lawyers.com/lawyers/A~1001633~LDS/FAQ+CRIME+FEDERAL.html#one

[KyndCulture]

7. That's great news!!

[bdamomma]

8. keep your fingers crossed that Fitz

gets rove good. :thumbsup:

[djg21]

6. just what its name implies.

It advises a person that they are a "target" of a grand jury investigation which may result in the issuance of an indictment.

From an old version of the Dep't of Justice Grand Jury Manual (Nov 1991):

"A 'target' is defined as 'a person as to whom the prosecutor or the grand jury has substantial evidence linking him/her to the commission of a crime am who, in the judgment of the prosecutor, is a putative defendant.' A witness has no right to be told that he is a potential defendant or target of the investigation. The prosecutor has no duty to tell a grand jury witness what evidence it may have against him. Again, however, it is the policy of the Department of Justice to advise a witness of his 'target status if such is the case." (Footnotes & Citations omitted).

[julialnyc]

9. it's around the bend

When Libby got his target letter it wasn't long before the indictment

[Dora]

10. remember?