THE BUSH WHITEHOUSE MELTDOWN

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Bush White

House Meltdown

By Wayne Madsen

10-28-5

 

As Supreme Court pick Harriet Miers " withdrew " her name from

nomination early this morning, there are more indications that the

Bush White House is in free fall. There are reports that Special

Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has postponed announcements of

indictments until tomorrow because of a number of developments.

First, negotiations between Fitzgerald and Karl Rove's attorney

Robert Luskin on a plea agreement apparently broke down and Rove will

be indicted on up to five counts. Those negotiations likely postponed

the announcement of indictments. Second, yesterday, Fitzgerald spent

45 minutes discussing the case with US District Court presiding Judge

Thomas F. Hogan who has been hearing the case.

 

Hogan is a no-nonsense judge who, in September 2003, quashed a legal

maneuver by convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard's lawyers to have

his espionage case reheard. What is noteworthy is that Fitzgerald may

have sought Hogan's approval for a new grand jury after the current

one expires tomorrow.

 

White House Meltdown: Miers: Out for SCOTUS. Rove, Hadley, Libby

indictments said to come tomorrow

 

It is being reported that Fitzgerald's prosecution team has received

significant evidence from the US Attorney for Eastern Virginia and

Deputy Attorney General nominee Paul McNulty that dovetails

Fitzgerald's probe with McNulty's own probe of espionage involving

Pentagon officials and staffers of the American Israel Public Affairs

Committee (AIPAC). During the 2003 hearing, Hogan was unsympathetic

to Pollard's protestations that his 1987 trial was unfair. Classified

documents prepared at the time of Pollard's trial described the

severe damage Pollard's transmittal of highly-classified intelligence

to Israel caused for U.S. national security. The Pollard case is

still radioactive for the US Intelligence Community. In 1998, CIA George Tenet threatened to quit if President Clinton

released Pollard. Interestingly, it is believed that Pollard's

omission from Clinton's 2000 pardon list was compensated by the

addition of fugitive financier Marc Rich's name. The Rich pardon was

partly negotiated by I. Lewis " Scooter " Libby, Rich's attorney and

now, a prime subject of the Fitzgerald probe.

 

The latest speculation is that Fitzgerald's sealed indictments were

delivered to Judge Hogan yesterday and that they will be announced

tomorrow.

 

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