Indictments for Rove part 2

Lots of news about this.

ribbit

http://www.bergen.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY5MzMyMzkmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky

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Oh, I get it. Click each word.

duh!

Ribbit

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I enjoyed your part one.

Wow!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1183131&mesg_id=1183804

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1183131&mesg_id=1183131

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1183853&mesg_id=1183853

Vegetarians would agree with this article!

RIAN DICKERSON: Rove rumor red meat to blue state audience

May 15, 2006

*BY BRIAN DICKERSON

FREE PRESS COLUMNIST

Was it an improbable outside-the-Beltway scoop on the ultimate inside-the-Beltway story? A criminal leak concerning the grand jury investigation of a criminal leak? Or just a red-hot rumor that caught fire in the dry tinder of too many trial attorneys?

Whatever it was, the news that White House adviser Karl Rove had been indicted for perjury electrified the 700 or so lawyers, judges and elected officials (including featured speakers Gov. Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.) gathered at the Dearborn Hyatt Regency for Saturday night's annual banquet of the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

Until they found out that maybe he hadn't been.

MTLA Vice President Robert Raitt was heading toward the podium to introduce Clinton, the banquet's keynote speaker, when Gerald Acker, a Southfield trial attorney and prominent Democratic fund-raiser, mentioned Rove's indictment.

Raitt didn't question the report. "Gerry is pretty connected," he explained Sunday, "and I thought, well, that'll get this crowd going."

A couple of minutes later, Raitt brought the heavily Democratic audience to its feet with the, um, news.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060515/NEWS05/605150380/1007

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A spokesman for a top White House aide under scrutiny in a criminal leak probe, Karl Rove, yesterday vigorously denied an Internet report that the political adviser to President Bush was told that he had been indicted on charges of perjury and lying to investigators.

"The story is a complete fabrication," the spokesman for Mr. Rove, Mark Corallo, told The New York Sun. "It is both malicious and disgraceful."

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/content/2006/05/a_rove_indictment_truth_or_jus.html

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This is why it's important that Rove be frogmarched! And it's not just dems who think this. I was fortunate enough to have spoken to former CIA agents who also were friends with Val Plame. And they'd agree. We are not safe because no other country(undercover) is willing to trust the US if they're working in the field with our agents. They've lost precious contacts. And they've had to reassure people that they won't be outted for political gain.

This title is misleading.

Plame's Outing Damaged National Security, Dems Say

By Susan Jones

May 4, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - Following reports that former CIA operative Valerie Plame had been tracking Iran's nuclear proliferation efforts when her cover was blown, Democrats are demanding to know how much damage Plame's "outing" did to national security.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) on Tuesday asked CIA Director Porter Goss to send Congress a damage assessment.

In a letter sent to Goss -- and released to the national media -- Lautenberg mentioned reports that Plame had been tracking nuclear material sent to Iran at the time her identity was made public by columnist Robert Novak.

"If this report is true," Lautenberg wrote, "the disclosure of her identity has caused harm to our national security.

"Therefore, I seek a briefing of interested Senators on whether the CIA has in fact launched a damage assessment and what this assessment has revealed to date. We would also like to know whether the security clearances of any current Administration personnel has [sic] been suspended or revoked as a result of this matter."

http://www.townhall.com/news/ext_wire.html?rowid=47028

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National Review (the republican spin gods) or Will Pitt...who is right?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/5/15/0410/36213

Lastest response from William Pitt:

http://talkleft.com/new_archives/014842.html

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Hmmm...a little intrigue around the Rove announcement.

Catch this.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/05/15/publiceye/entry1618732.shtml
York also reported that Rove’s spokesperson was denying the story. At CBS News, e-mails were sent out by correspondents reporting absolute denials of the story by named principles. And questions about Leopold’s past circulated on the Web.

Adding to the intrigue are comments suggesting he will reveal the names of his sources if the story does not turn out to be accurate. It’s something that has the blogosphere buzzing, but has yet to be verified independently. Presumably, we’ll know soon whether there is anything to this story. The fact nobody in the MSM has been able to verify it suggests the story is not accurate in some respects.

now honestly, would Rove's spokesperson really say, "Well, yes, my client has been indicted and we're going to tell you before his 24 hours are up."

***The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.
Dan Quayle former Republican VP of George Bush Sr***

Haha Excellent video of Rove
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/15/corn-rove

***The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.
Dan Quayle former Republican VP of George Bush Sr***

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/05/11/DI2006051101546.html

Wapo reporting we should know very very soon.

***The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.
Dan Quayle former Republican VP of George Bush Sr***

Check out the mug shot.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20060514/cm_huffpost/020957

***The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.
Dan Quayle former Republican VP of George Bush Sr***

Corporate media responding to online speculation. (finally!)

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/05/15/publiceye/entry1618732.shtml

***The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.
Dan Quayle former Republican VP of George Bush Sr***

Update as of an hour ago.

Bottom line: I believe Jason's sources told him what he reported. Were the sources accurate? Were they basically right but just mistaken on a few of the legal technicalities due to an unfamiliarity with the jargon? Time will tell. If they lied, Jason has promised to disclose their identities.

I would just caution everyone not to be impatient. Let it play out.

If the return of the Indictment is made public this week,then regardless of whether Fitz was at Luskin's office for one hour or many hours this past Friday, or whether the Indictment was voted on last week or this week, I think it proves Jason's sources, and his reporting, substantially correct.

On the other hand, should it turn out that Fitzgerald was not in D.C. at all on Friday, that he was not at Luskin's office and neither was Rove, then Jason will disclose his sources and we can discuss whether Jason was set up and why.
http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=3873

***The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.
Dan Quayle former Republican VP of George Bush Sr***

Rove blames Iraq war for Bush's low numbers? Gosh, this coming from the man who was going to run the 06 candidates on war and security? And the man who made sure Bush would be a 'war time pResident' in time for the 04 elections?

http://www.yahoo.com/s/308942

Too bad thousands have died so that Bush and Rove could have their war.

***The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.
Dan Quayle former Republican VP of George Bush Sr***

EEEUUUWWW

This doesn't look good for Jason Leapold. Either he's dead on or he's a little careless. No wonder it's a waiting game.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18624-2005Mar8.html

***The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.
Dan Quayle former Republican VP of George Bush Sr***

They don't get it. It's NOT a POPULARITY contest. It's about breaking the law and starting wars based on lies.

But no comment on the Plame affair....

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/05/15/D8HKBI582.html

Presidential adviser Karl Rove blamed the war in Iraq on Monday for dragging down President Bush's job approval ratings in public opinion polls. "People like this president," Rove said. "They're just sour right now on the war."

Rove said that Bush's likeability ratings are far higher than his approval ratings. "There is a disconnect" because of the Iraq conflict, Rove told the American Enterprise Institute.

"I think the war looms over everything. There's no doubt about it," Rove said during a question-and-answer session after a speech on the economy at the conservative think tank.

Rove, who is deputy White House chief of staff and Bush's top political adviser, brushed aside a question on his own role in the federal CIA-leak investigation, saying he would not go beyond statements by his attorney. "Nice try," Rove told the questioner.

***The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.
Dan Quayle former Republican VP of George Bush Sr***

Here is a sample of how the Republicans and neocons are trying to 'con' their way out of their crimes. It's rather Orwellian. In other words if they say "Democrats have no plan" it really means, "We have no plan but don't you dare vote for the Democrats who clearly do have plans but we block them and won't let them tell you thier plans."

So now they're trying to blame the Democrats for their criminal activities. It's complete opposites. Read this:

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/10/15/oreilly-plame/

"O’Reilly: Rove Indictment Would Be “Bad For the Country”
Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly finds the ongoing CIA leak scandal deeply troubling.

O’REILLY: You know, it’s just bad for the country.

O'Reilly is flat out wrong. You're looking at Treason in the white house and your looking at bribery from lobbyist and Republicans who have been found guilty or charged by prosecutors all across this country. And you're looking at the Republican dynasty that sold your voting rights to private companies and allowed them to steal elections. The republicans are thieves...criminals! And in their Orwellian way, it's somehow not them but the Democrats.

It's their new campaign Orwellian rhetoric brought out for the 06 elections.

Cry crocadile tears for Rove..

Even though older news still relevent.

Morris "weeps" at prospect of Rove's indictment
Appearing on the October 25 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, Dick Morris, a political analyst and former adviser to President Clinton, echoed previous statements regarding White House senior adviser Karl Rove and Rove's potential indictment for involvement in the CIA leak case. Morris repeated that Rove "doesn't deserve an indictment," adding, "He piloted Bush to re-election

http://mediamatters.org/items/200510260001

Ok..so the smearing tactics of the right wing has begun. Now it's Leopold who is their bad guy.

But click on the link because the picture makes it worth the read.

http://wizbangblog.com/2006/05/15/karl-rove-indicted-for-perjury.php

Le français ou l'anglais, ce gros titre a raison sur la marque !

French or English, this headline is right on the mark!

http://www.geopolitis.net/geopol/geo/article/arti11460453680301E552D67BF8E0C7.html
The Worst President in History

Un des plus célèbres historiens américains estime que G.W.Bush est le pire des Présidents de l'Histoire des Etats-Unis

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3080244/default.htm

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MR. RUSSERT: Now, Ambassador Joe Wilson, a year before that, was sent over by the CIA because you raised the question about uranium from Africa. He says he came back from Niger and said that, in fact, he could not find any documentation that, in fact, Niger had sent uranium to Iraq or engaged in that activity and reported it back to the proper channels. Were you briefed on his findings in February, March of 2002?

VICE PRES. CHENEY: No. I don’t know Joe Wilson. I’ve never met Joe Wilson. A question had arisen. I’d heard a report that the Iraqis had been trying to acquire uranium in Africa, Niger in particular. I get a daily brief on my own each day before I meet with the president to go through the intel. And I ask lots of question. One of the questions I asked at that particular time about this, I said, “What do we know about this?” They take the question. He came back within a day or two and said, “This is all we know. There’s a lot we don’t know,” end of statement. And Joe Wilson—I don’t who sent Joe Wilson. He never submitted a report that I ever saw when he came back.

I guess the intriguing thing, Tim, on the whole thing, this question of whether or not the Iraqis were trying to acquire uranium in Africa. In the British report, this week, the Committee of the British Parliament, which just spent 90 days investigating all of this, revalidated their British claim that Saddam was, in fact, trying to acquire uranium in Africa. What was in the State of the Union speech and what was in the original British White papers. So there may be difference of opinion there. I don’t know what the truth is on the ground with respect to that, but I guess—like I say, I don’t know Mr. Wilson. I probably shouldn’t judge him. I have no idea who hired him and it never came...
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and Here's an enlarged picture of the NYT's with Cheney's writing. (Thanks to whoever enlarged it.)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2627946#2627961

Great links to catch up on. Thanks.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/05/fbi_acknowledge.html

Pathetic!

In keeping with the continuing love/hate relationship with Dana Milbank, here's a little piece he wrote today about Rover's speech to the AEI...

Rove's Heck of a Speech
By Dana Milbank
Monday, May 15, 2006; 6:45 PM

It's a heck of a curse.

Presidential adviser Karl Rove had almost finished his appearance today at the American Enterprise Institute when it happened. Discussing the Bush administration's record on illegal immigration, he blurted out: "We're doing a heck of a job."

D'oh!

President Bush made the phrase a national shorthand for incompetence when he bestowed it on FEMA director Mike "Brownie" Brown in the days after Hurricane Katrina. And Rove knew he stepped in it today. First, he said the administration was doing "a heck of a lot better, uh, job of getting control of the border." Then he uttered the forbidden phrase, and it sent him into a syntactical tailspin: "We're doing a heck of a job -- lot better job at getting, at getting, uh, the -- the problem of catch-and-release under control."

Rove has a lot on his mind these days -- a fact hinted at in the introduction to his speech by AEI President Christopher DeMuth...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/15/AR2006051501217.html

I'm seeing comments that maybe he will be indicted by secret.

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http://www.blogherald.com/2006/05/16/how-to-lose-credibility-in-48-hours/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20060515/cm_thenation/383796