WP,pg1: Rove Testifies 5th Time On Leak: Unsure if He Will Be Indicted

[DeepModem Mom]

Rove Testifies 5th Time On Leak
Bush Aide Is Said To Be Unsure if He Will Be Indicted
By Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 27, 2006; A01

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove sought to convince a federal grand jury yesterday that he did not provide false statements in the CIA leak case, testifying for more than three hours before leaving a federal courthouse unsure whether he would be indicted, according to a source close to the presidential aide.

In his fifth appearance before the grand jury, Rove spent considerable time arguing that it would have been foolish for him to knowingly mislead investigators about his role in the disclosure of the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame to the media, the source said. His grand jury appearance, which was kept secret even from Rove's closest White House colleagues until shortly before he went to court yesterday, suggests that prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald remains keenly interested in Rove's role in the case.

Rove for the first time partly waived his attorney-client privilege to detail conversations he had with his attorney, Robert Luskin, about the leak and his knowledge of it, the source said.

Rove's testimony focused almost exclusively on his conversation about Plame with Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper in 2003 and whether the top aide later tried to conceal it, the source said. Rove testified, in essence, that "it would have been a suicide mission" to "deliberately lie" about his conversation with Cooper because he knew beforehand that it eventually would be revealed, the source said. Lawyers involved in the case said yesterday that they expect a decision on Rove's fate soon.

The source's account could not be corroborated by the prosecutor's office, which has declined to discuss the case....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/26/AR2006042600849_pf.html

[unschooler]

1. Yesssss..... n/t

[rodeodance]

2. So. Rove wants all to know his story

Rove for the first time partly waived his attorney-client privilege to detail conversations he had with his attorney, Robert Luskin, about the leak and his knowledge of it, the source said.

[madrchsod]

7. he`s trying to cut a deal

of some kind.

[madrchsod]

3. another wonderful piece of shit from the washington post

jim makes shit out of the air between his ears and he expects us not to smell it?

[ShockediSay]

4. Rove would not "deliberately lie" ....

reflexively maybe, but not deliberately.

[Ecumenist]

5. This is bullshit...

He's trying to rewrite history and is not a good liar. Can't remember the lies he's told.

[TacticalPeek]

6. Steno Jim.

But pretty bad news for the cabal, considering that VandeHei has just retyped Luskin's cc of Rove's memo.

"Rove also testified that he was aware that several aides had been subpoenaed in the case before that first grand jury appearance and that they would be forced to turn over documents."


Bwaaahahahahaha! Chill on, champagne.

:evilgrin:

[stumblnrose]

8. Ain't named VandeHo for nuttin...

eom

[Dulcinea]

9. Let him sweat.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove sought to convince a federal grand jury yesterday that he did not provide false statements in the CIA leak case, testifying for more than three hours before leaving a federal courthouse unsure whether he would be indicted, according to a source close to the presidential aide.

I hope he has many sleepless nights over this. Sweat, you pathetic waste of DNA.

[papau]

10. So he is too smart to have lied and been caught?

He argued before the grand jury yesterday that "'it would have been a suicide mission' to 'deliberately lie'" about his role in the Plame affair.

So he is too smart to have lied and been caught?