Rove Testifies For Fourth Time In CIA Leak Case

"The special counsel has not advised Mr. Rove that he is a target of the investigation and affirmed that he has made no decision concerning charges," Robert Luskin, Mr. Rove's attorney, said Friday. "The special counsel has indicated that he does not anticipate the need for Mr. R...

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Published inThe Wall Street journal. Eastern edition
Main Author Anne Marie Squeo And John D. McKinnon
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y Dow Jones & Company Inc 15.10.2005
EditionEastern edition
Subjects
Attorneys
Criminal investigations
Disclosure
Espionage
Grand juries
Indictments
Leaking of information
Plame, Valerie
Presidents
Public prosecutors
Reporters
Rove, Karl
Scandals
Special counsels
Testimony
United States > US
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Summary:"The special counsel has not advised Mr. Rove that he is a target of the investigation and affirmed that he has made no decision concerning charges," Robert Luskin, Mr. Rove's attorney, said Friday. "The special counsel has indicated that he does not anticipate the need for Mr. Rove's further cooperation." During negotiations over Ms. [Judith Miller]'s testimony -- which Mr. [Patrick Fitzgerald] badly wanted, but which Ms. Miller said she was unwilling to provide without Mr. [Lewis Libby]'s personal waiver of confidentiality -- the special prosecutor wrote a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyer, quoting published comments by another lawyer that suggested Mr. Libby really was happy to see her remain in jail. "In light of the comments . . . I had assumed that Mr. Libby had simply decided that encouraging Ms. Miller to testify was not in his best interest," Mr. Fitzgerald wrote. Ms. Miller quickly received a personal letter and call. "The best prosecutors keep their own counsel until and if they decide to bring charges," said MaryJo White, the former U.S. attorney in New York and Mr. Fitzgerald's then-boss. "He's done that in every case he's ever handled."
ISSN:0099-9660