Newsweek
Aug. 15, 2005 issue - The departure this week of Deputy Attorney
General James Comey, who has accepted the post of general counsel at
Lockheed Martin, leaves a question mark in the probe into who leaked
the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. Comey was the only
official overseeing special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's leak
investigation. With Attorney General Alberto Gonzales recused,
department officials say they are still trying to resolve whom
Fitzgerald will now report to. Associate Attorney General Robert
McCallum is "likely" to be named as acting deputy A.G., a DOJ official
who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the
matter tells NEWSWEEK. But McCallum may be seen as having his own
conflicts: he is an old friend of President Bush's and a member of his
Skull and Bones class at Yale. One question: how much authority
Comey's successor will have over Fitzgerald. When Comey appointed
Fitzgerald in 2003, the deputy granted him extraordinary powers to act
however he saw fit—but noted he still had the right to revoke
Fitzgerald's authority. The questions are pertinent because lawyers
close to the case believe the probe is in its final stages. Fitzgerald
recently called White House aide Karl Rove's secretary and his former
top aide to testify before the grand jury. They were asked why there
was no record of a phone call from Time reporter Matt Cooper, with
whom Rove discussed the CIA agent, says a source close to Rove who
requested anonymity because the FBI asked participants not to comment.
The source says the call went through the White House switchboard, not
directly to Rove.

On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 14:29:42 GMT, David wrote:

Newsweek
Aug. 15, 2005 issue - The departure this week of Deputy Attorney
General James Comey, who has accepted the post of general counsel at
Lockheed Martin, leaves a question mark in the probe into who leaked
the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. Comey was the only
official overseeing special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's leak
investigation. With Attorney General Alberto Gonzales recused,
department officials say they are still trying to resolve whom
Fitzgerald will now report to. Associate Attorney General Robert
McCallum is "likely" to be named as acting deputy A.G., a DOJ official
who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the
matter tells NEWSWEEK. But McCallum may be seen as having his own
conflicts: he is an old friend of President Bush's and a member of his
Skull and Bones class at Yale. One question: how much authority
Comey's successor will have over Fitzgerald. When Comey appointed
Fitzgerald in 2003, the deputy granted him extraordinary powers to act
however he saw fit—but noted he still had the right to revoke
Fitzgerald's authority. The questions are pertinent because lawyers
close to the case believe the probe is in its final stages. Fitzgerald
recently called White House aide Karl Rove's secretary and his former
top aide to testify before the grand jury. They were asked why there
was no record of a phone call from Time reporter Matt Cooper, with
whom Rove discussed the CIA agent, says a source close to Rove who
requested anonymity because the FBI asked participants not to comment.
The source says the call went through the White House switchboard, not
directly to Rove.

Is it true that Rove was on the Clinton payroll as an advisor during
that administration?