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White House CIA leak investigation still ongoing, prosecutor hints
Fitz is really reaching here. This has been a huge waste of time and money for this witch hunt...
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US special counsel probing a politically explosive CIA leak case signalled he was not ready to wrap up the investigation which has already toppled a top White House aide.
The case, over the alleged White House outing of CIA spy Valerie Plame because her husband was a prominent critic of the US invasion of Iraq, is fuelling the controversy over the Bush administration's rationale for war against Saddam Hussein.
Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby has already pleaded not guilty to five counts of obstruction of justice, perjury and making false statements, arising from the probe.
After the charges forced Libby to resign his White House job, the lawyer for Bush's chief political aide Karl Rove said Rove has been told he is still under investigation in the two-year probe.
Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's comments contained in court papers filed Friday will fuel more speculation he may still be mulling new charges in the case.
Responding to a Wall Street Journal petition to have still-secret details of his investigation released, Fitzgerald said in his court filing that some grand jury testimony must stay secret to protect the integrity of the probe.
Fitzgerald called for continued secrecy to ensure that prospective witnesses "come forward voluntarily and will testify fully and frankly, and to prevent any efforts to obstruct the investigation," he wrote.
He also said some documents identifying witnesses who testified to a grand jury, who had not been identified publicly and who had not been and may never be charged, should also be kept under wraps.
Fitzgerald did not object to portions of evidence in the case pertaining to Libby being released, because Libby had already been identified as a defendant.
The hard-charging Chicago prosecutor said earlier this month he may bring witnesses before a second federal grand jury, a panel which assesses possible indictments in a case. The mandate of the first grand jury used in the case expired last month.
Another twist in the case last weekend dented White House hopes the agony could soon be over when Time Magazine said another of its reporters had been called to testify.
Correspondent Viveca Novak was asked to testify under oath about her conversations with Robert Luskin, Rove's lawyer.
That revelation came as Washington chewed over news that reporting legend Bob Woodward, who helped bring down ex-president Richard Nixon over the Watergate scandal, had also testified to the probe.
Plame's husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, has claimed senior Bush administration officials blew her cover in revenge for his criticisms of their claims about Iraq's weapons programs used to justify the 2003 war.
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Fitzgerald isn't going to give in to any neocon pressure. He's going to get to the source of this vast right wing conspiracy and heads are going to role.
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Fitzgerald isn't going to give in to any neocon pressure. He's going to get to the source of this vast right wing conspiracy and heads are going to role.
You libs are always trying to see some conspiracy. Why can't you just see Rove & company are just trying to do what's best for the country?
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