According to the New York Times, prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, who is heading the investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame’s name, has asked NYT reporter Judith Miller to meet with him next Tuesday. It looks like any imminent indictments will not be forthcoming until at least next week.
Meanwhile, Mr. Fitzgerald has indicated that he is not entirely finished with Judith Miller, the reporter for The New York Times who recently testified before the grand jury after serving 85 days in jail. According to a lawyer familiar with the case, Mr. Fitzgerald has asked Ms. Miller to meet him next Tuesday to further discuss her conversations with I. Lewis Libby, the vice president’s chief of staff.
This is not a summons to reappear before the grand jury, according to the article.
Mr. Fitzgerald’s conversations with lawyers in recent days have cast a cloud over the inquiry, sweeping away the confidence once expressed by a number of officials and their lawyers who have said that he was unlikely to find any illegality.
there’s more…
In coming days, the lawyers said, Mr. Fitzgerald is likely to request that several other White House officials return to the grand jury to testify about their actions in the case – appearances that are believed to be pivotal as the prosecutor proceeds toward a charging decision.
Mr. Fitzgerald is also re-examining grand jury testimony by Mr. Libby, the lawyers said, but it is unknown whether he has been asked to appear again before the grand jury. Mr. Libby’s lawyer, Joseph A. Tate, did not respond to telephone messages left on Thursday at his office.
This ain’t over til it’s over.
Libby is either already Toast or Fitzie is waiting to see what Rove and Judy say and then Fitzie will Grill Libby like a swordfish…Yummmmy grilled Swordfish. Lets have a fish fry with some frog legs. Heh. Great work Catnip…
Aren’t we all? 🙂
hungry, hell I’m famished, my soul done been starved since 11-03-04, it needs some sustenance… now!!!
I really want to believe Fitzgerald is one of the good guys, (despite being a Jusitice Dept. prosecutor).
This latest news goes a long way toward supporting that belief.
The LA Times has a piece today. Fitzgerald contacted Wilson — the day Miller was released.
So, it sounds like the SP is double and triple checking the stories.
If I had written a paragraph like this one in a news story
it would be because I had lots and lots of not-quite-verifiable-enough for print information and a couple of cautious editors, but that I knew there was much more damaging information out there, that it was being verified, and that I would print it as soon as possible.
Given how inept the Times has been on this story from an institutional standpoint, it looks as if the real reporters there are anxious to get back in the game.
Great pick-up, Catnip!
Oh, this is so interesting. … I guess I can wait until next week (NOT!).
Do your thing, PJ. Just don’t make any cozy deals.