--- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Special Prosecutor; "Rove Not Target of Investigation" > > July 13, 2005 9:41 a.m. EST > > Douglas Maher - All Headline News Staff Reporter > > Washington (AHN) - The special prosecutor involved in the leak of a > covert CIA Agent, has told the lawyer of Karl Rove, in an interview > with the National Review, that the White House Advisor is "not the > target of the investigation."
Not really news; Luskin has been saying this for a long time. Also, the quote may be slightly off--other outlets have reported it as "not *a* target of the investigation," meaning there isn't just one target. And what I've been reading is that Fitzgerald didn't tell Luskin this; rather, Rove told Luskin that Fitzgerald told *him* this. Anyway, Luskin has also made it clear that Fitzgerald considers Rove a *subject* of the investigation. "Target" and "subject" are technical terms in this context. Essentially, if you're a "target" of an investigation, it means the investigators are pretty sure you committed a crime and are gathering evidence with a view to indicting you. A "subject" is anyone whose conduct falls within the scope of the investigation; it's a broad term. At this point, Rove is a subject--but a subject can become a target, depending on what the investigators discover about his/her conduct. The way this story was written, it makes it sound as though the investigators have cleared Rove. Not so. If that were the case, he would be merely a "witness," which would mean his conduct is not of interest to investigators, only what he knows about the conduct of others. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
