Where's Waldo, err Where's Rove?
Thursday, October 06, 2005

Well, well, well, we might be in for another whitehouse scandal, this one involving Karl Rove. Fitzgerald is wrapping up his investigation and the buzz around town is that Rove will be indicted. According to the story below, Rove has been absent from some very important Bush appearances, is this the white house's way of distancing themselves from Rove? The spinmeisters will say that its due to Rove's kidney stones he had 5 weeks ago. I don't think recovery is that long so I think they WH is running scared. Today Bush was supposed to speak on the War on Terror, it will be interesting to see if Rove is there or not. I have a feeling that the WH has been intune with the blogs and will put him there to spin the situation.

http://www.rawstory.com/

Rove missing from White House events; Word on Hill is that he has been told he's target of probe

Update: Rove's lawyer will no longer deny client a target
President Bush's most trusted adviser, Karl Rove, has been absent from recent White House events, leading those close to a CIA outing case to speculate that he has been told he is the target of an investigation, RAW STORY can confirm.

The buzz on Capitol Hill is that Rove has received what sources called a "target letter," or a letter from the prosecutor investigating the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson telling him that he is now a target in the investigation. To date, no reporters have been able to confirm this account. One lawyer says that at this point in the investigation it would be more likely any letters would normally be notifications of an indictment.

Late Wednesday, Reuters added a new element, saying Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, declined to say whether his client had been contacted by the prosecutor in the case.
"In the past, Luskin has said that Rove was assured that he was not a target," Reuters notes.
Rove disappeared from the scene around the time he was diagnosed with kidney stones in mid-September, sources close to the White House tell RAW STORY . At first, the belief was that he was off the beat to recover from his illness.

But his absence at President Bush's press conference Monday where Bush announced that he had chosen Harriet Miers to succeed Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court raised eyebrows. Rove is usually present at such events.

President Bush has declined to say whether he would fire Rove if he were indicted. He has said that he would fire any White House staff that was found guilty in the case.
Others, noticing seeming Administration slip-ups -- the response to Katrina and the unexpected groundswell of discontent from conservatives over Miers -- suggest the White House may be distracted with something else.

Rove's absence was first noted by AmericaBLOG .
DEVELOPING....

Even Drudge Report is talking about it, not as the headlines but that will come in a couple days, check out the link here.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051006/pl_nm/bush_leak_dc_1

Posted by mardenhill 10/06/2005 10:24:00 AM    

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