Jason Leopold is standing by his statement that Rove was indicted a month ago.
According to Jason Leopold, the man whose credibility is most on the line "case number is "06 cr 128." is on the federal court's electronic database, '06 cr 128' and "is listed along with a succinct summary: 'No further information is available.'"
He offers a lot more credible evidence to suggest that the indictment is being treated so carefully that it has been given an extra layer of protection.
"Still, legal experts watching the Plame-Wilson investigation have been paying particularly close attention to Sealed vs. Sealed since the Karl Rove indictment story was published.
The legal scholars have said that a federal prosecutor can keep an indictment under seal for weeks or months - something that is commonplace in high-profile criminal cases - especially if an investigation, such as the CIA leak probe, is ongoing.
When told about the Sealed vs. Sealed indictment filed in US District Court, the legal experts became intrigued about the case because they say that most federal criminal indictments are filed under US vs. Sealed and that they rarely come across federal criminal indictments titled Sealed vs. Sealed, which to them suggests the prosecutor felt it necessary to add an extra layer of secrecy to an indictment to keep it out of public view.
"The question here is that nobody who I have spoken to - top criminal attorneys, law professors, etc. - is aware of the left part of the case title having been sealed," said one former federal criminal attorney. "That the right-hand side is sealed is almost pro-forma. But, what is not known is whether the US Attorney can seal the left hand part of the case title on his own."
The fact that the indictment has been under seal for more than a month also suggests that it involves a high-profile investigation, he said.
Additionally, it's entirely plausible for a federal prosecutor to obtain permission from a federal magistrate or a judge, have an indictment unsealed for the limited purpose of having parts of it read to a defendant and his or her attorneys in an attempt to have the defendant cooperate with an investigation to avoid facing further charges, legal experts said."
As of today, Karl Rove is still in the White House. And as of today, we know that the White House and the Assistant to the both the President and the Vice President as well as the man commonly refered to as "Bush's Brain" were directly associated with releasing Valerie Plame's name at the time she was a covert spy for our country. Furthermore, we know that George H. Bush while a CIA agent himself called that same activity treason.
We know that the administration has not been overly cooperative with Patrick Fitzgerald, proven by the fact that these people were repeatedly brought in to testify to a grand jury and that in Patrick Fitzgerald's initial indictment of Scooter Libby, he announced that they lied and prevented immediate information prior to the 04 election.Is Sealed v Sealed the Rove indictment?
If there's justice for the American people, we hope all the legal matters will be handled carefully and discreetly. We would not want Rove or any traitors to the American people to get off on a technicality. Would we?
So just hang tight on this rollercoaster and let's let the legal system work in the court of law instead of the court of public opinion. Surely it's the minimal amount we learned from the way Kenneth Starr's prosecutorial office flowed with their political leaks attacking President Bill Clinton.
