In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists (NYT: Rove in legal jeopardy )

[ourbluenation]

In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists

By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL
Published: December 2, 2005

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 - A conversation between Karl Rove's lawyer and a journalist for Time magazine led Mr. Rove to change his testimony last year to the grand jury in the C.I.A. leak case, people knowledgeable about the sequence of events said Thursday.

Mr. Rove's lawyer, Robert D. Luskin, spoke in the summer or early fall of 2004 with Viveca Novak, a reporter for Time. In that conversation, Mr. Luskin heard from Ms. Novak that a colleague at the magazine, Matthew Cooper, might have interviewed Mr. Rove about the C.I.A. officer at the heart of the case, the people said.

Time reported this week that the prosecutor in the case, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, has summoned Ms. Novak to testify about a conversation she had with Mr. Luskin, but provided no explanation of what Mr. Fitzgerald might be looking for. The account provided Thursday by people with knowledge of the discussions between Ms. Novak and Mr. Luskin suggests that Mr. Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Mr. Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators and whether he altered his grand jury testimony about his dealings with reporters only after learning that one, Mr. Cooper, might identify him as a source.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/02/politics/02leak.html?ex=1291179600&en=f8847a8847b4c88f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I want so much to see this on my teevee:

Maybe there's still hope.

[rodeodance]

20. yes, yes, yes.

[oioioi]

2. Bingo!

Mr. Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Mr. Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators and whether he altered his grand jury testimony about his dealings with reporters only after learning that one, Mr. Cooper, might identify him as a source.

[AuntiBush]

21. It Shouldn't be That Hard to "Determine."

Good grief. If "we" know it, I hope Fitz does, as well. If not, somethings seriously wrong.

Have hope w/finger crossed behind back though.

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. You must use the actual article headline, as per LBN rules

[ourbluenation]

6. There...fixed it.

[texpatriot2004]

4. Plamegate/Treasongate nm

[Tom Joad]

5. *Still* time to play the Rove Political Death Watch game!

Go here: http://tomjoad.org/rovedeathwatch.htm
Make your best guess as to when this POS will bite the political dust!!!

[savemefromdumbya]

7. Treasons Greetings!

Will we see an indictment before the holidays?

[happydreams]

22. LMAO. Good one.

[Wordie]

24. Oh, very, very good. LOVE it! LOL

[fearnobush]

8. Luskin never declines to comment. He did here.

"Ms. Novak declined to comment, as did Mr. Luskin "

Last week he was commenting all over the place saying this will vindicate his client. Now - silence, Gee?


How often does Luskin decline to comment? He always has a comment, anything to spin the case his way. This does not look good for KKKarl!



Ms. Novak declined to comment, as did Mr. Luskin and Randall Samborn, Mr. Fitzgerald's spokesman. Jim Kelly, Time's managing editor, said he would not comment on the matter. Mr. Cooper and James Carney, the magazine's Washington bureau chief, also declined to comment.

[joefree1]

9. Paleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese

I am so looking forward to a happy Fitzmas.

:popcorn:

[pamela]

10. I'm looking forward to Fitztavus.

Especially the part where someone shoves a pole up Karl's ass and we commence with the airing of the grievances.

[formactv]

12. Make sure it is a pipe

not a solid stick.

[Demeter]

17. What Is Fitztavus?

Inquiring mind wants to know.

[bettyellen]

18. Look up "Festivus" and Seinfeld...

the fella who wrote the episode also has a book out. good stuff.

[annabanana]

11. what will happen when he's indicted?

Will he dissolve into the floor to shrieks of "Oh my beautiful wickedness, what a world, what a world"?

[creeksneakers2]

13. All the White House E-mails were subpoenaed.

Why wasn't the E-mail turned over when the case first started?

[The Backlash Cometh]

14. It just occurred to me that this plea bargaining delay of Rove is

only hurting the Republican party. The longer he delays, the closer we get to the 06 elections.

[Tesla]

15. I've Decorated, and waiting!!!

Can we get a photoshopped picture of Fitz as Santa???

[bklyncowgirl]

16. Sounds like Karl lied to his lawyer too and Luskin helped cover it up.

If Rove told his lawyer that the only reporter he talked to was Bob Novak and subsequently the lawyer learns that his client had been er mistaken (yeah right) and that he'd also been shooting the breeze about Plame with Cooper, then could Luskin himself be facing charges for helping Rover to cover his ass?

[0007]

19. Tomorrow morning Rove will be "so yesterday" that in a year

from now, folks will be saying was that the idiot that for working for the biggest idiot that the White House let through the front door.

Only people like Brian Lamb will be soft selling Rove to his own party in complete guilelessness.

[lovuian]

23. I really do hope Fitz gets Rove...

He has lied and got caught!!!

[VegasWolf]

25. Great! Rove and DeLay can bunk together! nt