October 28, 2005

Fitzgerald Speaks!

"The bulk of this investigation is over."

But refuses to say what parts of the investigation aren't over.

"It's important the witnesses that come before a grand jury, especially the witnesses...who may be under investigation, tell the complete truth."

"To be frank, Mr. Libby gave the FBI a compelling story. What he told the FBI was that he was at the end of a long chain of phone calls...[that]...Mr. Russert told him that 'all the reporters know' that Ms. Plame worked at the CIA? So he took this information and passed it along to other reporters."

"He was at the beginning at the chain of the phone calls. He lied about it afterwards, under oath and repeatedly."

"He told the FBI that when he passed the information on to reporters, he didn't know whether it was true...just passing gossip from one reporter to another. It would be a compelling story, if only it were true...Mr. Libby discussed the information at least a half a dozen times before he spoke to Mr. Russert."

"Mr. Libby was telling Mr. Fleischer something on Monday that he said he learned on Thursday."

"This is a country that takes its law seriously."

Posted at 02:18 PM

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