NYTimes: Rove May Escape Indictment For Now

From the New York Times:

Lawyers in the C.I.A. leak case said Thursday that they expected I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, to be indicted on Friday, charged with making false statements to the grand jury.

Karl Rove, President Bush's senior adviser and deputy chief of staff, will not be charged on Friday, but will remain under investigation, people briefed officially about the case said. As a result, they said, the special counsel in the case, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, was likely to extend the term of the federal grand jury beyond its scheduled expiration on Friday.

Fitzgerald would probably have to impanel a new grand jury instead of extending the term of the current one.

One last thing: Lots of chatter tonight about a guy named Frederick Fleitz, a CIA/WINIPAC officer who was working for Bolton at the time of the leak.

Good night.