swissinfo [Switzerland]

10/28/05

The special counsel investigating the leak of a covert CIA operative's identity will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. British time) on Friday to discuss the status of the probe, his office said in a statement. The statement said information on the case will be available at noon. The announcement came after the federal grand jury weighing criminal charges over the leak began meeting with special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, with the expectation of criminal charges in the long-running investigation. Legal sources said Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis Libby, appeared likely to be charged, and perhaps other officials also. But legal sources said Fitzgerald had informed President George W. Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, that he will not be indicted on Friday, although he will remain under investigation and in legal jeopardy. Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, had no immediate comment. Charges in the case would be the first in a two-year probe that began with an investigation of who disclosed CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp