Are Indictments Forthcoming?
Buried at the very end of today's Washington Post story on the leak investigation is the following interesting scoop:
The article goes on to say this:
This seems to fly in the face of the emerging conventional wisdom that Rove likely did not commit a crime (see, for example, this USA Today article). But others, such Mark Kleiman, have suggested that the media is focusing on the wrong statute, that Rove may have violated the Espionage Act. I think Kleiman may be right. And there is always the possibility of an indictment for perjury or obstruction of justice. We'll just have to wait and see.
"Several people familiar with the investigation
said they expect Fitzgerald to indict, or at least
force a plea agreement with, at least one individual
for leaking Plame's name to conservative columnist
Robert D. Novak in July 2003."
The article goes on to say this:
"Randall D. Eliason, former public corruption chief
at the U.S. Attorney's Office here, said Fitzgerald
likely has evidence of serious wrongdoing, or he
would not have gone this far."
This seems to fly in the face of the emerging conventional wisdom that Rove likely did not commit a crime (see, for example, this USA Today article). But others, such Mark Kleiman, have suggested that the media is focusing on the wrong statute, that Rove may have violated the Espionage Act. I think Kleiman may be right. And there is always the possibility of an indictment for perjury or obstruction of justice. We'll just have to wait and see.



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