Can We Be More Vague..?
How many times recently have you heard or read the following: “We are not talking about any aspect of this case and our office is not commenting on anything regarding the investigation at this time.” - Randall Sanborn.
Frustrating, yes? Recognizing the high level of interest in several of my high profile cases and personal life I have sent Randall a memo marked "urgent" that will give him much more leeway in answering any and all questions from the press and general public.
APPROVED ANSWERS:
* Cannot predict right now * It is certain * Better not tell you now * Concentrate and ask again *Yes, definitely * Don't count on it * As I see it, yes * Without a doubt * Reply hazy, try again * My reply is no * My sources say no * You can rely on it * It is decidely so * Libby is guilty as sin * Leviticus 5:5 * Sec. Rice and the very Special Prosecutor are only friends * What blog? *
PENDING:
* Rove is guilty as sin * Cheney is guilty as sin * Pray for President Bush * Jason Leopold used a wiretap * They are registered at Crate and Barrel * Oh, that blog *
Labels: Randall
posted by Patrick J. Fitzgerald at 5/24/2006
84 Comments:
As long as Randall doesn't say: "I cannot answer because there is an ongoing investigation." Otherwise, Randall will sound like the little buckaroo Mefelon!!!
LOL
If it was me, Fitzie, we'd have done better than Crate & Barrel...carry on with your bad self...I'll be dreaming of Fitzmas tonight...
PS I can lend you my Magic 8-Ball...
The Matrix has you no longer....
Fight the NeoCons Randall Samborn, they control nothing.....
Fight them one and all, for your reality has changed....there is no spoon....it is you who bends, not the other way around..
For now:
nya nya nya nanny nnny boo boo!
Hilarious! Thanks for that. Happy Thursday for tomorrow.
I know that Randall's statement may sound ambigious to the public and to the bloggers. The public and the bloggers want straight answers. But, when we are dealing with a case of a WH conspiracy and leaking classified informattion to reporters, you have to expect the fact that the case has to be conducted in secret.. From the transcript from Fitzgerald's press conference on October 28, 2005, Fitzgerald says about the leak case:
"I believe it should be conducted in secret, not only it was required by those rules but because the rules were wise. Those rules protect all of us."
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/documents/2005_10_28_fitzgerald_press_conference.pdf
And let's not forget the One Armed Bandit defense will make the law books.. Seems when the crooks get caught, they tend to point the finger at someone else and say: "It wasn't me, it was".......
Randall, PJF or SPB
Is there any truth to the Viagra pen?
Yep there is.
ChimpCoulter:
Viagra pen??? LOL!! Where did come up with that??? Ha! Ha! I am certainly not going to go there and ask what do you do that pen! I should ask Cunningham or Wilkes that question!!!
great story...
OK Neo :)
No target letters and no indictments for Rove. It doesn't get much better than this. The case against Rove is much ado about nothing. Rove is the Man!
Yeah, it like the troll goes asleep for a while and becomes awake again ready to attack. Sort of like wart!!!
This is interesting from Talkleft.com.. Other media are now taking notice to Leopold:
From Talk left.com
"The media also seems to be letting up on the attacks on Jason Leopold. Keith Olbermann on Countdown last night noted (as I did yesterday morning) that Jason Leopold beat the the New York Daily News by two months in reporting about Robert Grenier's connection to the Scooter Libby case. Jason's article was written March 18, the day after Libby's lawyers revealed it in a pleading.
Keith said:
Internet reporting is not yet an accepted form of journalism, nor is it yet an oxymoron. So the following two developments could be unconnected. More than a week ago, a Web-based writer reported of the imminent indictment of Karl Rove in Plamegate. Obviously that has not happened.
But more than two months ago, the same writer reported that Scooter Libby had discussed Valerie Plame in June 2003 with two CIA officials, including the man the agency would fire as its chief counterterrorism officer. Our fifth story on the COUNTDOWN, today's "New York Daily News" reported that Scooter Libby had discussed Valerie Plame in June 2003 with two CIA officials, including the man the agency would fire as its chief counterterrorism officer."
The New York Daily News reports really silenced the naysayers on Leopold!
Desperate people do desperate things:
From Thinkprogress:
Desperate for Supporters, DeLay Turns to Stephen Colbert
A good sign that Tom DeLay doesn’t have the facts on his side: the top source for his latest defense against his critics is Stephen Colbert.
This morning, DeLay’s legal defense fund sent out a mass email criticizing the movie “The Big Buy: Tom DeLay’s Stolen Congress,” by “Outfoxed” creator Robert Greenwald.
The email features a “one-pager on the truth behind Liberal Hollywood’s the Big Buy,” and the lead item is Colbert’s interview with Greenwald on Comedy Central (where Colbert plays a faux-conservative, O’Reilly-esque character).
Another posting. This is developing story on Raw Story:
"Prosecutors say silence in CIA leak case may
signal Rove indictment coming... Developing... "
BooYa!!!!!
LMAO, another wednesday has passed and no indictment, no news conference. Oh well, maybe Friday or next wednesday or the next etc. This gets more hilarious as time passes. I suppose if it ever happens some will be claiming to have known all along. I predict there will be another hurricane tomorrow or the next day or maybe next week or maybe next month. Regardless, whenever it occurs my prediction will come true.
By BONNA de la CRUZ
Staff Writer
'Hillary for president' rally draws 20 instead of hoped-for 200
Published: Wednesday, 05/24/06
A Hillary Clinton rally drew critics of President Bush, nonpartisan voters looking for a strong leader, and people who want to elect a female president.
About 20 people attended the Tuesday event, the national kickoff for Hillarynow.com, a grass-roots group pushing to draft the New York senator and former first lady to run for president in 2008.
Here is the developing story on Raw Story about the leak case. Here are the excerpts:
Prosecutors say silence in CIA leak case may signal Rove indictment coming
MSNBC's coverage of the CIA leak case continued Wednesday with new suggestions that presidential adviser Karl Rove may yet be indicted. The indictment of 'Bush's Brain' seemed imminent after reports from MSNBC and the Washington Post indicating that the Rove camp expected a decision earlier this month -- but it has now been 28 days since Rove testified for a fifth time before the grand jury investigating the outing of CIA officer Valerie Plame.
MSNBC's David Shuster says former federal prosecutors believe the silence from Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald doesn't bode well for Rove.
"Fitzgerald's office refuses to comment," Shuster said. "But former federal prosecutors describe the following procedure when considering an indictment: First, a prosecution team would review the evidence. Then, they would examine case law on the relevant criminal statutes. And finally, the prosecutors would decide whether a reasonable jury would convict at trial."
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Prosecutors_say_silence_in_CIA_leak_0524.html
The trasncript is on Raw Story...
Maybe Fitz's staff is spending too much time on this blog and not doing the work of the "people". Seems to me that is something worth investigating. Maybe silence on that topic means it is being investigated as we speak. You never know what a "troll" is up to until one day he/she just lays it all on the line.
S-Q walks into office...tosses rolls of "duct tape" to Fitz, SPB & Roger...
"shhhhh...silence is golden" :)
(Can be used on trolls too!!)
Roger,
Robert Greenwald's movie about DeLay is very good. I am on Greenwald's distribution list of his upcoming movies.. So, he emailed a short clipping of the movie.. I know thae there was preview of that movie this month and he will be having free screenings of the movie coming to a state near you in June... I had saw the documentary about Walmart and gotten the DVD of the movie.. Very good movie.. But the movie about DeLay is not in his favor.. The Hammer is nailed in that movie.. The director asked on email any suggestions of his next movie project. I told him that he should make a documentary of the leak case in the near future when this case is over....
Strange, I just saw Tom DeLay on the news. He is still very active in Congress and is doing the work of the "people". I hope the Fitz staff is as dedicated as Mr. DeLay.
Roger,
Robert Greenwald's next movie. It is in production:
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
Looks like the Fitz staff is busy deleting my post instead of doing the work of the "people". I'll call tomorrow and find out why this is occuring.
Time is on my side and I have plenty of it. Patients is a virtue and I have plenty of that too.
Round em up boys!!
Bye-bye Neocons...
Hastert just hit the dust!
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I love the way the whacky Left like to convict people before they are even indicted. Did Hastert have any cash in his refridgerator?
The T-shirt should read: "You do the crime than you will do the time."
"Time is on my side and I have plenty of it. Patients is a virtue and I have plenty of that too."
and yes, TIME IS ON FITZ'S SIDE AND HE HAS PLENTY OF IT. PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE AND WE FELLOW BLOGGERS HAVE PLENTY OF THAT TOO ESPECIALLY FOR PATRICK J. FITZGERALD!!!!!
Next on bat: Darth Cheney!
Hey anon @7:03pm
Want to borrow a dictionary?
You seem to forget, the JURY is still meeting - this is not over. The words "ongoing investigation" must not be in your neocon dictionary.
And you will find that we have a lot more patience than you do.
SPB: It's actually funny that trolls still swallow the koolaid and believe that just because there has been no indictment announced on THEIR TIMETABLE, it won't happen.
It must be an indication of their ability to swallow anything -
SPB!! FITZ!! ROGER!!
I hope you are having an awesome day!! :)
anon@7:12
so - are you actually a product of the public school system?
What you fail to realize little simple troll, is that this is a LEGAL process.
You may swallow all the kool-aid you want - Hastert is being investigated for corruption regarding blocking a casino for Abramoff. OOPS .. poor little troll.
What is it with you and FAT Republican men anyway?
basheert:
The neocons ate the Bush lies by the bowl full and swallowed it all! LOL!
Plop..polp..fizz..fizz..
Dear Friends
For those of you unaware, Fat Hastert is now officially under investigation by the FBI for corruption (SNORT).
Bring 'em on...
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/05/federal_officia.html
basheert:
Watch Arizona turn blue... :)
Anyone know if Gonzales is actually a citizen? Or if they have resolved his parent's "immigration irregularities"?
How is it that he doesn't actually "know" what his parents legal status is?
He must have been very busy studying torture in Mexican prisons when he was little.
basheert, I too am willing to wait before convicting anyone until at least after an indictment is handed down. It seems most here want to convict as soon as some left wingnut reports it on a left wingnut blog.
I'm the one with patients, not the majority of the regular bloggers here. I'm sure the majority of both parties could be indicted for something but let's wait until a conviction is handed down before we open the Miller Lite.
S-Q
That is such a pretty color isn't it?
I think by the time this is through, there will be very few Senators and Congresspeople left - they'll all be in jail.
Cheney will be dead.
Bush is already insane - he'll be in a rubber room.
Karl Rove will be in jail.
The little neocons left way too many breadcrums - and they pissed off the FBI. Never piss off the FBI...
Hot enuff for you?
106 tomorrow!
He who laughs last, laughs the loudest. Even William Jefferson isn't willing to resign anything yet. He is the eternal optimist.
Yep! I love that blue color!
It's hot but we are a little cooler up here... 103. LOL
It is a little premature to be predicting victory for an election that is over 2 years away. I feel pretty good about the Republican victory if Hillary or Al Gore run.
A Hillary Clinton rally drew critics of President Bush, nonpartisan voters looking for a strong leader, and people who want to elect a female president.
About 20 people attended the Tuesday event, the national kickoff for Hillarynow.com, a grass-roots group pushing to draft the New York senator and former first lady to run for president in 2008. (20 people, WOW!!!)
anon
There are WAY too many crooks, too much unaccounted for money, too many lies - this Administration has hijacked this country AND its values.
I have NO faith in the Administration however I do have complete faith so far in our legal system, particularly since Bushie so far hasn't been able to corrupt the Federal GJ system.
Going out on a non-legal limb here, I believe there IS a sealed indictment and I believe there is fast talking and negotiating like crazy. I believe sealed indictments can be carrots on sticks and I honestly do not see Libby rolling over for Rover and Cheney.
In order to believe that this is still MY country, I will continue to trust in the Fitzgerald Team. I believe he is one of the best chances that we have to bring this filthy slimy Administration to its knees.
And in order to do this, the jury system will take its time and do its job. Again, I have always said, on ITS time.
Considering what Ken Starr had to work with, Fitz should bring home the gold ring.
As for the rest of the slugs in Washington, they are not off the hook. You may complain but the blogs are very representative of how angry people are.
One big fat hurricane and Bush goes under!
I love posting on the faux Fitzgerald blog. It doesn't get any better than this.
anon
Election is November - I believe the Rethugs will stay away. He's also really pissed off his conservative base - there are so many many people sick of all of this. While they won't vote against a republican, they will stay away from the polls, many of them. These people are sheep - with no actual individual ability to process information and only do what they are told to do.
I think they've pretty much decided the Dems will take back the house..then it's a road to Impeachment.
Let's hope they hid all the money really much better than it seems because this Administration is going to be investigated, one way or the other - history will tear Bush to shreds.
Re the 2008 election, that is not so far being thought about by me. The Congress needs a wakeup call way before 2008 - I hope it happens.
During a private meeting in San Francisco last week, former Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) expressed doubt that Democrats will win control of the House this fall, according to knowledgeable sources.
Gephardt’s remarks about the upcoming election, delivered to a group of investment analysts last Tuesday in the district of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), run counter to the predictions of some of his former colleagues who now occupy powerful positions in the Democratic leadership.
During a lunch sponsored by the Gerson Lehrman investment-consulting firm at the Omni Hotel, the 2004 presidential candidate and House minority leader from 1995 to 2003 said the lack of competitive races and gerrymandered districts could help House Republicans retain a narrower majority in the next Congress, the sources said.
S-Q
Three cheers for the electric bills...our heat pumps are churning like mad today!
Roger Rancourt said...
Look, I understand that. The whole thing got out of hand with Leopold's article, because it was first showcased on the blog, etc, and Leopold was wrong about the timing.
But this site is meant as a parody, they make fun of everyone here. All the GOP/Dems both because most of these guys have no political affiliation.
Hell, even I don't have one.
The point is, they have really nothing to answer on, they did this in secret to have some fun. They did not want the whole world here, you can ask Jackie...
They just wanted their followers to have a place to go, see whats happening with the case, give feedback and relax. And they'll never have to worry about anything else.
6:20 PM
It isn't over until it is over.
anon
What matters is the election. What matters is people who care, voting.
With an approval rating lower than Bush, Congress is in deep trouble. And it's hard to run for office if you're in jail or waiting for trial.
All we can do is vote, as individuals. To rid this country of this scourge of fat, money-grubbing morons who drink at the trough of the financial dollar for themselves.
They all should be horsewhipped and hung...all of them! Vote all the incumbents out and then HANG THEM.
And Bush should be tried at the Hague for war crimes and hung or shot. He is a blot on the armpit of humanity.
Someone get close to Cheney with a magnet...that'll do it.
The Troll can't even spell. That should tip everybody off to it's overall ignorance.
I love posting on the faux Fitzgerald blog.
I think Abramoff will take down everyone he can - in exchange for leniency.
He has nothing to lose.
I think there is a lot of wishful thinking on the faux Fitzgerald blog.
I think that the indictments are getting close because the Troll decided to rear it's ugly head again.
It's an impotent fearful Troll.
How about one more approved response. DUH?
Trolls just love to post on the faux Fitzgerald blog. That is the simple explanation.
Roll out the duct tape...
anon@8:00pm
What a pathetic thing, to be a troll.
So - what's your point?
No seriously, what twists someone's psyche into knots so they actually enjoy harrassing people?
Did you butcher pets as a child too? Or just bed wet until you were 30?
Roger Rancourt said...
Look, I understand that. The whole thing got out of hand with Leopold's article, because it was first showcased on the blog, etc, and Leopold was wrong about the timing.
But this site is meant as a parody, they make fun of everyone here. All the GOP/Dems both because most of these guys have no political affiliation.
Hell, even I don't have one.
The point is, they have really nothing to answer on, they did this in secret to have some fun. They did not want the whole world here, you can ask Jackie...
They just wanted their followers to have a place to go, see whats happening with the case, give feedback and relax. And they'll never have to worry about anything else.
6:20 PM
roger:
I agree with your comments. It's important to realize that the Dems hands aren't all clean either!
I feel a good housecleaning is needed in this country - along with a breath of fresh air. We are mired in the dirt and muck with the filth in Washington.
Who is harassing who? I just love posting on the Faux Fitzgerald blog and I get labeled a Troll. You really know how to hurt a person. My intelligence has been questioned and the name calling continues. All I want to do is counter the idiocy that is passed off as truth on this Faux blog. Plus I was invited here.
If you think juvenile playground tactics phase me you really don't know who you are dealing with. I have been ridiculed by pros and I came out smelling like a rose. It actually only encourages me. You will notice that I don't need to use childish slurs to get my point across.
Troll-I can't believe that anyone would ever invite you anywhere.
And as for smelling like a rose- I bet you smell like s***!
I'm all ready already too.
Believe what you want but the link to this site was posted by one of your loyalist and invited everyone to check out what the "chosen" were saying about the CIA Leak case.
By the way, the next time I call Mr. Fitzgerald's office patch me through to him so he can tell me that I'm not welcome here.
To: National Desk
Contact: Brendan Daly or Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616, both for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
WASHINGTON, May 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following letter she sent to Congressman William Jefferson this morning:
May 24, 2006
Congressman William J. Jefferson, 2113 Rayburn House Office Building, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Congressman Jefferson:
In the interest of upholding the high ethical standard of the House Democratic Caucus, I am writing to request your immediate resignation from the Ways and Means Committee.
Sincerely,
Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader
No, nobody needs to bother with that.
I apologize profusely Jackie, Biloxi, all.
In fact to dr. anonymous, you can just consider yourself charged with harrassment.
They aren't going to waste their time on anything else and are most likely going to block the number.
Please, nobody pay attention or feed the angry trolls. We all deal with enough these days.
Don't even refer it to anyone just log their numbers, forget it.
We need to make sure that the legal process is wrapped up here properly, as right now Fitzgerald has a small staff and is away for most of today on vital paperwork.
You know if you Anon's are going to play this bit you could at least make up different names for yourself- or at least for your different personalities. Be original.
Leagal Bar,
Did you see my "I'm sorry" from last night?
Then I counter charge several here with harassment as well. Threats, intimidation and various other forms of disrespect.
A good court battle would get us to the bottom of things for sure. In the words of George Bush, "Bring it on".
So, how's everyone today? :) Good to see people exchanging views.
"Plus I was invited here".
That's Dr.Evil alright.
So Doc actually called Fitzgeralds office repeatedly like he "threatened" to do before he startd commenting anonymously.
He said earlier today that people were chuckling in the background as he got a denial from Fitz.
This just too funny!
Doc! Get a life dude!
We should go on a Rush or Coulter blog and see how well we are recieved :) But we don't do we. We are grown-up's ;}
You got that right Roger, it's just a friggin' blog. A faux one at that. I'd welcome a court battle then we could really get to the bottom of things and see who has been a threat to whom.
Well, they are none for phone jamming.
:~}
I didn't hear anyone chuckling. I actually detected a note of surprise in the ladies voice and she didn't hesitate to let me know it wasn't Fitzgerald's blog. She wasn't on a speaker phone either. She was not laughing.
Who invited you? One of us? Oh, I get it. This is to help make "us" stronger- you guy's- that's so sweeet
:*
we were laughing with you, not at you.
See, we are having civil debate. I love it when we can all just get along.
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