Originally Posted By Dirk_D_from_Oregon <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199241,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199241,00.html</a> WASHINGTON — President Bush’s political adviser Karl Rove won’t be charged with any wrongdoing in connection to the investigation of the leak of a covert CIA officer’s identity, Rove's lawyer said Tuesday. Rove learned of Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's decision on Monday after he stepped off a plane in New Hampshire where he was delivering a speech to state Republican officials. “We believe that the special counsel's decision should put an end to the baseless speculation about Mr. Rove's conduct,†Rove attorney Robert Luskin said in a statement. "In deference to the pending case, we will not make any further public statements about the subject matter of the investigation." Fitzgerald’s decision ends speculation into the investigation that started in 2004 that Bush could lose his longtime political aide if criminal charges came down against him. "We're pleased that special counsel has concluded his deliberations. Karl is as he has been throughout the process fully focused at task at hand, crafting and building support for the president's agenda," said White House Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino. "Karl is a valued colleague and friend and everyone is pleased that the process has concluded." Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Rove, said the White House official "is elated" and said that "we're done." Rove has testified five times in the case; his last appearance before a federal grand jury was in April when Fitzgerald told him he was not a target of the investigation.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Uh oh. This was reported on FOX. Therefore, it is not true. Sorry, Dirk.
Originally Posted By DlandDug So... here it is on Reuters: <a href="http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-06-13T170624Z_01_N13383762_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-BUSH-LEAK-ROVE-COL.XML&archived=False" target="_blank">http://ca.today.reuters.com/ne ws/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-06-13T170624Z_01_N13383762_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-BUSH-LEAK-ROVE-COL.XML&archived=False</a>
Originally Posted By Eric Paddon First Bilbray wins the House election and the media suddenly stops talking about the "bellwether" race. Then Zarqawi gets sent to Hell, demonstrating how the bug-out policies advocated months ago by certain grandstanders from PA would have left him still alive. Ann Coulter brings out the passionate hatred felt by certain segments of the Left for the First Amendment Evidence starts to emerge suggesting that the Haditha "massacre" may in fact have been anything but. And now comes word that there's no Fitzmas in July for the left who see Karl Rove as the anti-Christ. This just hasn't been the Left's week.
Originally Posted By DlandDug And here it is on MSNBC: <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13299727/" target="_blank">http://msnbc.msn.com/id/132997 27/</a>
Originally Posted By DlandDug And, from MSNBC, proof that Howard Dean IS keeping the dream alive: >>Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee, accused senior Democrats of exploiting Mr Rove's legal uncertainty for partisan purposes. "What's so incredible to me is that the folks on the other side of the aisle, people like [Democrat National committee chairman] Howard Dean, people like [Senate minority leader] Harry Reid and others, they owe Karl Rove an apology. They took this good man and they prejudged him." Mr Dean countered: "The prosecutor's decision not to indict Karl Rove does not diminish the fact that Karl Rove was involved in leaking the identity of an intelligence operative during a time of war. Karl Rove does not belong in the White House." Unable to chalk up a Rove indictment as part of their "culture of corruption" strategy, 15 minutes after Mr Dean's statement, the Democrat National Committee issued a new press release, accusing Mr Rove of recycling "old political attacks" and employing smear tactics by misrepresenting Democratic policies on Iraq.<<
Originally Posted By Eric Paddon I can just picture Keith "Don't Quit Your Day Job" Olberman foaming at the mouth about the White House conspiracy to prevent an indictment on tonight's installment of his perpetual ratings in the toilet gabfest.
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Originally Posted By DlandDug Here it is on ABC: <a href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2071268" target="_blank">http://www.abcnews.go.com/Poli tics/wireStory?id=2071268</a>
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Originally Posted By DlandDug CNN! <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/13/rove.cia/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITI CS/06/13/rove.cia/index.html</a> (Hi, mele!)
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Originally Posted By DlandDug AND... (drum roll, please)... CBS: <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/13/politics/main1705021.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories /2006/06/13/politics/main1705021.shtml</a>
Originally Posted By friendofdd Political partisans are soooo predictable. "The guy on the other side is a crook caught doing illegal activities. And even if they are legal, they are not ethical. And even if I have no proof at all, they still have evil intentions." (any similarity to Republicans and Democrats is purely intentional)
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Yeah, let's still get in a few digs at Fitzgerald, who has done his job honorably, a job he did not lobby for, one in which he was appointed. He did an investigation and found nothing on which to indict. That's all anyone asked, that he look into this and make a call. To make more of this is to just want to further the rancor.
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