CBS:White House Awaits Grand Jury News (Says could be today)

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White House Awaits Grand Jury News

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2005
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, left, Karl Rove, center, and prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald (AP / CBS)


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"If Karl Rove were indicted, that would be like George W. Bush losing his right arm at a time when he needs every limb he's got to climb out of the hole he's in and to rebuild his presidency."
former presidential adviser David Gergen


(AP) Indictments of one or more of President Bush's top advisers in the CIA leak investigation could come today, next week or even not at all, CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante reports.

But the White House is acting like it's business as usual.

When asked by reporters Thursday how he's dealing with the investigation, Mr. Bush said, "There's some background noise here, a lot of chatter, a lot of speculation and opining. But the American people expect me to do my job, and I'm going to."

But the background noise has only gotten louder as the grand jury winds up its investigation over who told reporters that the wife of Iraq war critic Joseph Wilson worked for the CIA.


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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/21/politics/main961135.shtml

[DemoTex]

1. Link?

[The Witch]

2. They've been saying "today" for days

Stringing us along, the bastards.

[calmblueocean]

3. "Opining... heh heh heh"

Watched Bush give that quote yesterday. He always seems so enormously pleased with his own "wit". Ugh.

[rodeodance]

4. photo-ops are such hard work.

But the American people expect me to do my job, and I'm going to."

[zanne]

5. Indictments could come out today, next week, or not at all.

It's the "or not at all" part that bothers me. From what I understand, the prosecutor can also keep the findings from becoming public. With five years of holding my breath, I'm dying to exhale, but I feel like I should prepare myself for the worst.

[Tiggeroshii]

6. aAnd if indictments come, party, get mad drunk and don't pay attention to

anything for days as you go through the modes of celebration..:7

[UrbScotty]

7. Happy birthday to me (nt)

[Jacobin]

8. Or it could be yesterday, but then it wasn't

so maybe it will be day before yesterday, but wait, that didn't happen, so maybe.........