| October 28, 2005--Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald makes his way
to the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse on the morning that
the grand jury handed down indictments against Vice President Cheney's
chief of staff Scooter Libby. Fitzgerald was appointed to investigate
"alleged unauthorized disclosure of a CIA employee's identity" by Acting
Attorney General James B. Comey on Dec. 30, 2003. In the weeks leading
up to the end of the grand jury's term, Washington was fixated on whether
the investigation would lead to indictment of President Bush's top aide
Karl Rove. Libby was indicted on two counts of perjury, two counts
of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice, and
resigned immediately. |
