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To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (42653)	10/6/2005 8:42:27 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361203

Now the Bush admin is like a collective trapped animal...they'll strike out at the rest of us somehow.

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (42653)	10/7/2005 1:06:52 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 361203

Indictments in Plame Case Could Come Any Time mediainfo.com By E&P Staff Published: October 05, 2005 11:15 PM ET updated Thursday NEW YORK Is it the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning? Whatever way you look at it, it seems clear to many in Washington right now that indictments in the Valerie Plame affair will likely be announced soon, possibly on Thursday. Note to editors and reporters: As the aspens turn, don't stray too far from your desks, cells or Blackberries. Rumors surged all day Wednesday, though reports of 22 indictments did seem a bit farfetched. But late Wednesday, Reuters suggested that indeed the end--or beginning--was near, "within days," and added one major clue: Karl Rove's lawyer, who has always stated that his client was not a target in the probe, now refused to comment on that one way or the other. Reuters said it got all this from "legal sources close to the investigation." On Thursday, Lawrence O'Donnell of MSNBC and "The West Wing" (who was first to identify Karl Rove as Matt Cooper's source) wrote at the Huffington Post site that Rove has almost surely gotten a letter from the prosecutor identifying him as target of his probe. He added that a "veteran prosecutor" had told him, "If Fitzgerald is sending target letters at the end of his investigation, those are just invitations to come in and work out a deal." That would delay any indictments a bit. O'Donnell also predicted that at least three administration officials would be indicted. Here is how Reuters described the Rove angle: "As a first step, prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald was expected to notify officials by letter if they have become targets, said the lawyers, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. "Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, declined to say whether his client had been contacted by Fitzgerald. In the past, Luskin has said that Rove was assured that he was not a target. "[I. Lewis] Libby's lawyer was not immediately available to comment." Fitzgerald's agreement to limit the scope of reporter Judith Miller's testimony to her conversations with Libby suggested that he had become "the focus of interest," said one of the lawyers involved in the case.