BREAKING NEWS - KKKarl Rove tells the BCE he will be indicted!!!

**FORD** · 05-12-2006, 07:11 PM

Rove Informs White House He Will Be Indicted
By Jason Leopold
t r u t h o u t | Report

Friday 12 May 2006

Within the last week, Karl Rove told President Bush and Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten, as well as a few other high level administration officials, that he will be indicted in the CIA leak case and will immediately resign his White House job when the special counsel publicly announces the charges against him, according to sources.

Details of Rove's discussions with the president and Bolten have spread through the corridors of the White House where low-level staffers and senior officials were trying to determine how the indictment would impact an administration that has been mired in a number of high-profile political scandals for nearly a year, said a half-dozen White House aides and two senior officials who work at the Republican National Committee.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, sources confirmed Rove's indictment is imminent. These individuals requested anonymity saying they were not authorized to speak publicly about Rove's situation. A spokesman in the White House press office said they would not comment on "wildly speculative rumors."

Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, did not return a call for comment Friday.

Rove's announcement to President Bush and Bolten comes more than a month after he alerted the new chief of staff to a meeting his attorney had with Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald in which Fitzgerald told Luskin that his case against Rove would soon be coming to a close and that he was leaning toward charging Rove with perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators, according to sources close to the investigation.

A few weeks after he spoke with Fitzgerald, Luskin arranged for Rove to return to the grand jury for a fifth time to testify in hopes of fending off an indictment related to Rove's role in the CIA leak, sources said.

That meeting was followed almost immediately by an announcement by newly-appointed White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten of changes in the responsibilities of some White House officials, including Rove, who was stripped of his policy duties and would no longer hold the title of deputy White House chief of staff.

The White House said Rove would focus on the November elections and his change in status in no way reflected his fifth appearance before the grand jury or the possibility of an indictment.

But since Rove testified two weeks ago, the White House has been coordinating a response to what is sure to be the biggest political scandal it has faced thus far: the loss of a key political operative who has been instrumental in shaping White House policy on a wide range of domestic issues.

Late Thursday afternoon and early Friday morning, several White House officials were bracing for the possibility that Fitzgerald would call a news conference and announce a Rove indictment today following the prosecutor's meeting with the grand jury this morning. However, sources close to the probe said that is unlikely to happen, despite the fact that Fitzgerald has already presented the grand jury with a list of charges against Rove. If an indictment is returned by the grand jury, it will be filed under seal.

Rove is said to have told Bolten that he will be charged with perjury regarding when he was asked how and when he discovered that covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson worked for the agency, and whether he discussed her job with reporters.

Rove testified that he first found out about Plame Wilson from reading a newspaper report in July 2003 and only after the story was published did he share damaging information about her CIA status with other reporters.

However, evidence has surfaced during the course of the two-year-old investigation that shows Rove spoke with at least two reporters about Plame Wilson prior to the publication of the column.

The explanation Rove provided to the grand jury - that he was dealing with more urgent White House matters and therefore forgot - has not convinced Fitzgerald that Rove has been entirely truthful in his testimony.

Sources close to the case said there is a strong chance Rove will also face an additional charge of obstruction of justice, adding that Fitzgerald has been working meticulously over the past few months to build an obstruction case against Rove because it "carries more weight" in a jury trial and is considered a more serious crime.

Some White House staffers said it's the uncertainty of Rove's status in the leak case that has made it difficult for the administration's domestic policy agenda and the announcement of an indictment and Rove's subsequent resignation, while serious, would allow the administration to move forward on a wide range of issues.

"We need to start fresh and we can't do that with the uncertainty of Karl's case hanging over our heads," said one White House aide. "There's no doubt that it will be front page news if and when (an indictment) happens. But eventually it will become old news quickly. The key issue here is that the president or Mr. Bolten respond to the charges immediately, make a statement and then move on to other important policy issues and keep that as the main focus going forward."

Jason Leopold spent two years covering California's electricity crisis as Los Angeles bureau chief of Dow Jones Newswires. Jason has spent the last year cultivating sources close to the CIA leak investigation, and is a regular contributor to t r u t h o u t. He is the author of the new book NEWS JUNKIE. Visit www.newsjunkiebook.com for a preview.

**DLR'sCock** · 05-12-2006, 08:28 PM

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**BITEYOASS** · 05-12-2006, 10:30 PM

Originally posted by 4moreyears
Like I would really want to do business with someone who goes by the name DLR's Cock. You are pathetic.

I see we're getting a little defensive asswipe!

**4moreyears** · 05-12-2006, 10:35 PM

Originally posted by BITEYOASS
I see we're getting a little defensive asswipre!

Defensive??? WTF are you talking about.

**BITEYOASS** · 05-12-2006, 10:42 PM

Originally posted by 4moreyears
Defensive??? WTF are you talking about.

Well starting shit over other peoples business and diverting away from the subject, just because they disagree with their views would be one! You gonna act like that when your part of the 1% that think the president is doing an excellent job 6 months from now?

**FORD** · 05-12-2006, 11:24 PM

Originally posted by 4moreyears
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**FORD** · 05-12-2006, 11:27 PM

Originally posted by BITEYOASS
Well starting shit over other peoples business and diverting away from the subject, just because they disagree with their views would be one! You gonna act like that when your part of the 1% that think the president is doing an excellent job 6 months from now?

No shit. I mean if you want to talk about unfortunate usernames....

"4moreyears"..... seriously, think about that.

Millions of people who were somehow braindead in November 2004 have woken up since, and they're now as pissed as the rest of us have been for a while now. It's been 1 and 1/2 of those 4 more years..... how's your Chimp doing?

**4moreyears** · 05-13-2006, 09:36 AM

Originally posted by BITEYOASS
Well starting shit over other peoples business and diverting away from the subject, just because they disagree with their views would be one! You gonna act like that when your part of the 1% that think the president is doing an excellent job 6 months from now?

First of all the Ford conspiracy theory stuff carries little weight with any American who has any reasonable level of intelligence.
Second I think it is tacky and of poor taste to turn this place into an advertising forum. To me it is ironic for someone to put a professional looking ad under an identity of “DLR’s Cock”. I try to hide my real identity because quite frankly I do not want to real identity to be known here or any other forum I participate at, of course that is just personal. This has nothing to do with the main topic of this thread, I just happened to see it in this thread first.

**4moreyears** · 05-13-2006, 09:38 AM

Originally posted by FORD

I bet you really miss your editing tools in this forum eh dumb ass???

**4moreyears** · 05-13-2006, 09:56 AM

Originally posted by FORD
No shit. I mean if you want to talk about unfortunate usernames....

"4moreyears"..... seriously, think about that.

Millions of people who were somehow braindead in November 2004 have woken up since, and they're now as pissed as the rest of us have been for a while now. It's been 1 and 1/2 of those 4 more years..... how's your Chimp doing?

The real reason is that as every day goes by the global community is becoming more of a reality. With commutations and transit improving and bridging the distance, business can be done overseas that could not have been done 25 years ago, hence outsourcing. I ultimately feel there will be one global power in the world that makes rules for everybody. That is just my opinion, with the global community coming closer together over time and possibly 100 years or more there will be one voice for the world. I think the extremist from the middle east see that as well, and I would much rather the world be able to enjoy the lifestyle of freedom and shot at posterity then a life of oppression and living by extremist idealism. So I would rather see our Gov’t be proactive in keeping a lid on these situations that to see these people fester and be allowed to plot another 9-11. Keep in mind I am not being specific about Iraq, I am just talking about philosophy. That being said the president is taking an agressive aproach, and I like that. I do not blame him or any other president for and market driven problems. I think the oil companies should be able to make as much money as the market place will allow. I see many people complain it is the presidents fault on gas prices. Jack Daniels cost more than gas per gallon and costs less and uses less in technology to make and I do not see people bitching about that. People that complain about any president republican or democrat for economic reasons need to look in the mirror, because you can always find someone becoming wealthy during any economic condition.

**ODShowtime** · 05-13-2006, 10:38 AM

Originally posted by 4moreyears

Second I think it is tacky and of poor taste to turn this place into an advertising forum.

I think it's tacky to have such a retarded user name. I think it's tacky to sit here and try to support the worst president in history.

And I think it's in really poor taste to sit here and try to defend these shit bags, when the WHOLE GODDAMN WORLD knows we are killing or complicit in the killing of tens of thousands in innocent Iraqis over a bullshit war so gw&friends could get paid. And I'm paying for it! Go fuck yourself you moron! You and your kind don't have a leg to stand on!

**FORD** · 05-13-2006, 01:16 PM

Originally posted by 4moreyears
Jack Daniels cost more than gas per gallon and costs less and uses less in technology to make and I do not see people bitching about that.

Ridiculous analogy. Nobody has to drink Jack Daniels because there are thousands of other beverages available. The entire economy is not dependent on Jack Daniels prices, because every shipping method on the planet doesn't require Jack Daniels to operate.

Furthermore, the Jack Daniels industry hasn't been in the White House for 35 of the last 50 years deliberately suppressing any attempt to manufacture alternative beverages.

**DrMaddVibe** · 05-13-2006, 01:32 PM

Don't you think its odd that CNN, FOXNews, ABC, NBC and CBS aren't running this story?

BREAKING NEWS - KKKarl Rove tells the BCE he will be indicted!!!