Luskin:"I like & respect Karl Rove so much, I'm relieved I didn't screwup"

[Catherine Vincent]

Rove Case Lawyer Blackberries Karl: ‘Fitzgerald Called’
Robert Luskin Sends Bush’s Brain Message on Plane: ‘Case Over’; Attacks Blogosphere

By: Anna Schneider-Mayerson
Date: 6/19/2006
Page: 1

The message reached Karl Rove on his BlackBerry: “FITZGERALD CALLED. CASE OVER.”

Strapped into his seat, his cell phone darkened in preparation for takeoff on a flight to New Hampshire, Mr. Rove quickly called his lawyer, Robert Luskin, in Washington, D.C., and he explained.

Around 4 p.m. on Monday, June 12, special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald alerted Mr. Luskin that he had decided not to charge his client with a crime in the ongoing investigation into who leaked the name of C.I.A. operative Valerie Plame. “Obviously, he was happy and relieved,” Mr. Luskin said. “And then the rest of the conversation is personal …. ”

If that all sounds a little close, consider the hothouse in which the relationship between Mr. Luskin and his client has been since the White House leak scandal was born. “This has been a real long and emotional ordeal for him and his family,” Mr. Luskin said, “and, you know, I just want to leave the curtain down on that.”

Mr. Rove was busy late into the night after he landed in the Granite State, and so they decided to wait until the following morning to release the news. What was most notable in Mr. Luskin’s brief statement was this line: “We believe that the Special Counsel’s decision should put an end to the baseless speculation about Mr. Rove’s conduct.” Mr. Luskin does not gnash his teeth at Mr. Fitzgerald.

“It’s not winning the lottery,” he said of the Rove case. “It’s just avoiding something that would be a truly horrendous injustice for your client …. You feel lucky to be part of a process that works fairly and intelligently.”

more....
http://www.observer.com/printpage.asp?iid=12968&ic=News+Story+2

[bertha katzenengel]

1. "I just want to leave the curtain down on that." -- Damn right.

Good for Luskin for shutting down the press on the personal aspects of all this. Much as I hate to say it, human beings are what this is all about, and no matter how effed up they are, they still have families, innocent people who need to be protected.

[Greybnk48]

2. Words fail me

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Roon]

3. So the case is closed?

No more grand jury investigation?

[liberal N proud]

4. We really didn't need to know that much about their relationship

Makes you wonder though, how much more is there to the relationship that was not mentioned.
:yoiks:

[Rex]

5. That was nice of Fitz to 'alert' Luskin of no charges against Mr. Rove!

My faith in the judicial system has been restored! :sarcasm:

[Kagemusha]

6. Uh, isn't that his responsibility as a prosecutor?

Just asking out loud here..

[freedom_please]

7. Breaking news about Mr. Rove...

... Here's what CloakandDagger.de offers:

"Lawyers and staff tied to the Fitzgerald Investigation are now in revolt. They are reporting that Karl Rove was indicted by the Grand Jury in Washington, D.C. for perjury and obstruction of justice and the indictments were recorded and handed to Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald.

[stop the bleeding]

8. why would Counsel indict

and then offer no objection to an expungement of those indictments - that doesn't make sense from my point of view, also could you provide a link to your source.

Unless this is sarcasm - then I will just keep to myself ;)

[Kagemusha]

9. The site's impugning that Fitz is a vile and corrupt public prosecutor.

I'd just like to say I'll wait until I see the full story here.

[freedom_please]

10. I updated my post

I removed the last paragraph of my post... that opinion was of:
http://www.cloakanddagger.de

... It wasn't my opinion.

[Kagemusha]

12. I updated my post too

and I still think that, given the man's long history of integrity and service to the American public, accusing him of corrupt and vile actions should require some evidence.

[Catherine Vincent]

11. you mean "breaking: an opinion by cloakanddagger"

[stop the bleeding]

13. who in the F**k is C&D???

All I know is some lame ass movie from the 80's, does this sight have ANY credibility????

[Catherine Vincent]

14. Probably not.

But we should get the KR kneepad brigade to start their campaign against C&D.

[Rex]

15. Wasn't my point.

Just sayin.