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04/02/2004 Archived Entry: "Below the fold..."
Below the fold...
Why is this not among the top headlines on the NYTimes' web site?
Prosecutors investigating whether someone in the Bush administration improperly disclosed the identity of a C.I.A. officer have expanded their inquiry to examine whether White House officials lied to investigators or mishandled classified information related to the case, lawyers involved in the case and government officials say.
In looking at violations beyond the original focus of the inquiry, which centered on a rarely used statute that makes it a felony to disclose the identity of an undercover intelligence officer intentionally, prosecutors have widened the range of conduct under scrutiny and for the first time raised the possibility of bringing charges peripheral to the leak itself.The expansion of the inquiry's scope comes at a time when prosecutors, after a hiatus of about a month, appear to be preparing to seek additional testimony before a federal grand jury, lawyers with clients in the case said. It is not clear whether the renewed grand jury activity represents a concluding session or a prelude to an indictment.
The broadened scope is a potentially significant development that represents exactly what allies of the Bush White House feared when Attorney General John Ashcroft removed himself from the case last December and turned it over to Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the United States attorney in Chicago.
Republican lawyers worried that the leak case, in the hands of an aggressive prosecutor, might grow into an unwieldy, time-consuming and politically charged inquiry, like the sprawling independent counsel inquiries of the 1990's, which distracted and damaged the Clinton administration.
A friend of mine was saying last night that she thought maybe the scandals were peaking too soon to affect the election. I told her not to worry, that Plame was in no way done. From where I sit, it looks bigger than ever.
Replies: 4 people speak up
Plame ; i couldnt find a definition in the dictionary ?
Posted by Robin Hacker @ 04/02/2004 07:27 AM NY
I assume it is a person but couldnt find a link etc....
Posted by Robin Hacker @ 04/02/2004 07:28 AM NY
Robin,
You may want to do a google search under "Robert Novak." Let me spell that out for you: R-o-b-e-r-t N-o-v-a-k.
Or, you may want to launch a generic search and enter "vicious mediawhore."
I'll be seeing you at the next NASCAR rally. I'll be the guy driving the black Hummer II with the 12 American flags proudly flying in the wind.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 04/02/2004 09:15 AM NY
"Prosecutors...have expanded their inquiry to examine whether White House officials lied to investigators..."
That's what they got Martha Stewart on. People actually go to jail for this shit.
But don't forget: IOKIYAR. Later.
Posted by Daddy-O @ 04/02/2004 09:08 PM NY
