Wednesday, June 14, 2006 | Throw back the little ones LOTS of us are reeling at the news that Fitzgerald has let Rove off the hook in the Plame Affair. How did that happen? Five interviews in front of the Grand Jury and they couldn't nail him for lying to investigators -- when all he does is lie? Well he must be pretty good at it. Then again, the more powerful you are, the more difficult it is for criminal charges to stick. And we don't know the real story yet. This whole business ain't over. The Plame Affair is the whale that goes down and always come back up to breathe. We may never know what happened with Karlio -- but then we may. There are a lot of possibilities: Rove cut a deal and provided information; somebody quashed the indictment that was reported last month by truthout's Jason Leopold, and then mysteriously disappeared; Rove's lawyer out-lawyered Fitz. Or, maybe this latest round is a load of horse shit. It looks to me like truthout.org is still sticking to their reporting. Here's the truthout blog, and it seems a statement will appear at 5 pm PDT / 8 pm EDT tonight: http://forum.truthout.org/blog/ Here are a few selections sent with help from Jude at Pol Waves and other informed sources, the first is interesting for sure. The writer suggests that this may be a clue Fitz is going after Cheney. http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/6/13/9339/59486 It's also possible that Rove's people leaked the story to screw up truthout and Leopold. This would be shall we say one of Karl's sweeter, more pranksterish tricks. You don't want to be around when he gets nasty. http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_steven_l_060515_karl_rove_indictment.htm   Here are few other perspectives. Don't forget to keep an eye on Political Waves. Rove's lawyer says he won't be indicted ... so: What about that security clearance? http://mediamatters.org/items/200606130002 Karl Rove: Dreyfus or Valachi? The Press Needs to Find Out; Karl Rove's behavior in the Plame Affair was sleazy. We deserve to know whether it was illegal. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/karl-rove-dreyfus-or-va_b_22894.html Here is some background on the Plame Affair, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plame_affair Here's my astrological profile on Rove from a month ago. http://planetwavesweekly.com/dadatemp/749012972.html