Reply #40: Yes, it did happen in the Duke case....

[Sammy Pepys]

...but we're talking about two very different circumstances here. The Duke case was sealed probably because they didn't want the third suspect to know he was being investigated in relation to the alleged crime or felt he was a flight risk.

The Plame case has been going on for something like two years now, and Rove has testified in front of the grand jury a couple of times. He knows he's a part of the investigation. Sealing an indictment wouldn't make a lick of sense....nor would bringing Rove to Patton Boggs to tell him he has 24 whatever kind of hours to get hius business in order (as Leopold reported previously). That would defeat the purpose of a sealed indictment entirely.

Moreover, as diabolical as we like to believe the BFEE is, there's no way he's a flight risk. He'd be located in a second. All of the reasons for sealing an indictment simply don't wash.