This is positively exciting
There are signs that prosecutors now are looking into contacts between administration officials and journalists that took place much earlier than previously thought, the Wall Street Journal will report Wednesday
That the story is breaking in the GOP-friendly confines of the WSJ is superb.
MORE: Woah nellie.
The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg are working on stories that point to Vice President Dick Cheney as the target of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s investigation into the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Plame’s name.
If this stuff has any truth to it – remains to be seen – you gotta wonder if Bush will follow the Bush family legacy, and look out for number one by initiating his own version of the Saturday night massacre?
UPDATE: Here’s the WSJ story (sub required)
There are signs that prosecutors now are looking into contacts between administration officials and journalists that took place much earlier than previously thought. Earlier conversations are potentially significant, because that suggests the special prosecutor leading the investigation is exploring whether there was an effort within the administration at an early stage to develop and disseminate confidential information to the press that could undercut former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife, Central Intelligence Agency official Valerie Plame.
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Lawyers familiar with the investigation believe that at least part of the outcome likely hangs on the inner workings of what has been dubbed the White House Iraq Group. Formed in August 2002, the group, which included Messrs. Rove and Libby, worked on setting strategy for selling the war in Iraq to the public in the months leading up to the March 2003 invasion. The group likely would have played a significant role in responding to Mr. Wilson’s claims.
Given that the grand jury is set to expire on Oct. 28, it is possible charges in this case could come as early as next week. Former federal prosecutors say it is traditional not to wait for the last minute and run the risk of not having enough jurors to reach a quorum. There are 23 members of a grand jury, and 16 are needed for a quorum before any indictments could be voted on. This grand jury has traditionally met on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Is tomorrow D-day?
WILD SPECULATION, LIBERAL DREAMING, ETC: If there is a criminal conspiracy that goes from the President’s top advisor, involving the Vice President and his chief of staff – even if there isn’t currently any concrete proof the President was involved (although they’ve been telling us since Day 1 that the President is in the mix on everything, right guys?)…. shouldn’t the President resign?
Obviously they have managaed to stack the grand jury with partisan hacks. Don’t they know when it comes to treason, perjury and obstruction of justice, IOKIYAR?
Republicans are law and order types, I can see partisan hacks on the jury deciding Delay is guilty, if there is evidence he is.
…it will soon be revealed that Dubya is, in fact, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease…
Resign? Not just “no” but “Hell, no!”
I want the entire GOP House to have to wear his carcass around their necks like a stinking mackerel in 2006.
I say W should resign and all Republicans should jump off some Okinawan cliff, ushering in utopia and as the compassionate finally get unfettered power.
Dugger
If Cheney and Bush both go, then that leaves … Dennis Hastert as POTUS?
That’s exciting to the Left???
Utterly amazing.
Just remember the old joke: people who are “to blame” lose their jobs, people who are “responsible” do not. Politics usually involves a lot of “responsibility,” but not a lot of “blame.”
I think someone on dKos parsed this out best:
Accountability is when you say, “My bad, I fucked up, sorry.”
Responsibility is when you have to go fix it, clean up, and or pay for it.
Liability is when you lose your job, get sued, and/or go to jail for it.
What I want these fuckers to assume is Liability. Nothing less will suffice. It is as our Founders intended it.