Plamegate Update
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Courtesy of www.politicalwire.com
Rove's Contingency Plan "Karl Rove has a plan, as always. Even before testifying last week for the fourth time before a grand jury probing the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity, Bush senior adviser Rove and others at the White House had concluded that if indicted he would immediately resign or possibly go on unpaid leave, several legal and Administration sources familiar with the thinking told Time."
"Resignation is the much more likely scenario, they say. The same would apply to I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, the Vice President's chief of staff, who also faces a possible indictment. A former White House official says Rove's break with Bush would have to be clean -- no 'giving advice from the sidelines' -- for the sake of the Administration."
U.S. News and World Report says "some worried White House insiders are now talking about who might replace" Rove "if he becomes entangled in a criminal inquiry. Topping the list: lobbyist, former Republican Party chairman, and judicial shepherd Ed Gillespie."
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This weekend the NYT published a 5800 word story on the Judith Miller's involvement and what came out of it is that Judith does not know who gave her the name. Interesting part of it is that Judith had the names Valerie Flame and Victoria Wilson in her notes, pretty close to the truth if you ask me. I think Judith is trying not to finger Libby but hopefully there is still enough evidence to pin on both Rove and Libby. It goes back to the comment Stephanapolus made a few weeks ago on This Week when he said that someone high up in the administration may be indicted and what does that mean. Good ole George Will spun that comment but it looks like it may be true. Now did George have an inside to this story or just a crystal ball because I don't think he would have risked his credibility on such a statement. Just a couple more weeks and we should know what Fitzgerald has planned. If indictments come down expect the rightwing apologists to start the swiftboating of Fitzgerald.
Posted by mardenhill 10/16/2005 12:14:00 PM
