Keep it on ice
No Final Report Seen in Inquiry on C.I.A. Leak
By DAVID JOHNSTON
and RICHARD W. STEVENSON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 – The special counsel in the C.I.A. leak case has told associates he has no plans to issue a final report about the results of the investigation, heightening the expectation that he intends to bring indictments, lawyers in the case and law enforcement officials said yesterday.
The prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, is not expected to take any action in the case this week, government officials said. A spokesman for Mr. Fitzgerald, Randall Samborn, declined to comment.</i>
Ok, so we can keep the champagne chilling a bit longer, thats fine. Fitzgerald has three options at the conclusion of his investigation. He can indict, file a report, or do nothing. I’m not alone in guessing it’s #1.
Ok, no indictments today, but what have we heard recently?
First, White House Watch: Cheney resignation rumors fly
This scenario has Cheney stepping aside, and Condi being named as VP. Oh yeah, a single black woman as Veep is really gonna go over well with “the base”…
Larry Johnson, former CIA analyst, has this to say on the possiblity of indictments:
Had lunch today with a person who has a direct tie to one of the folks facing indictment in the Plame affair. There are 22 files that Fitzgerald is looking at for potential indictment . These include Stephen Hadley, Karl Rove, Lewis Libby, Dick Cheney, and Mary Matalin (there are others of course). Hadley has told friends he expects to be indicted. No wonder folks are nervous at the White House.
And this bit sounds promising. According to Justin Raimondo at Antiwar.com:
According to a source in the Italian embassy, Patrick J. “Bulldog” Fitzgerald asked for and “has finally been given a full copy of the Italian parliamentary oversight report on the forged Niger uranium document,”
And he’s sharing it with the investigation into Larry Franklin and AIPAC- you know, the OTHER espionage case in Washington currently. We live in interesting times.
