Plame Affair: Rove Indictments May Be On the Way

After months of staunch denials by his lawyer, it has finally been confirmed that Karl Rove is a subject of Patrick Fitzgerald's leak investigation into the Plame Affair.

The grand jury session in federal court in Washington, DC, sources close to the case said, was the first time this year that Fitzgerald told the jurors that he would soon present them with a list of criminal charges he intends to file against Rove in hopes of having the grand jury return a multi-count indictment against Rove.

In an interview Wednesday, Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, confirmed that Rove remains a "subject" of Fitzgerald's two-year-old probe.

This could well be the end of "Bush's Brain", who was summarily lobotomized from the Bush administration on Wednesday:

Fitzgerald is said to have introduced more evidence Wednesday alleging Rove lied to FBI investigators and the grand jury when he was questioned about how he found out that Valerie Plame Wilson worked for the CIA and whether he shared that information with the media, attorneys close to the case said.

Fitzgerald told the grand jury that Rove lied to investigators and the prosecutor eight out of the nine times he was questioned about the leak and also tried to cover-up his role in disseminating Plame Wilson's CIA status to at least two reporters.

For more background on the specifics that led to this crucial point in the investigation, read the full story.

All I can say is, "it's about time!"