Do They Know Something?

The NY Times passes along a favorable straw in the wind for defenders of the Bush Administration on the Valerie Plame leak investigation:

In another development, four senior House Democrats wrote to Mr. Fitzgerald in a letter dated Oct. 12, urging him to issue a final report to Congress when he concludes his inquiry. Such a report, they said, should address "all indictments, convictions and any decisions not to prosecute."

The letter was signed by the top Democrats on their respective committees: John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, Judiciary Committee; Jane Harman of California, Intelligence Committee; and Tom Lantos of California, International Relations Committee. The letter was also signed by Rush D. Holt of New Jersey, the senior Democrat on the intelligence panel's policy subcommittee.

A report, the letter said, would assure the public that "the investigation of this serious matter has been undertaken with utmost diligence and has been free of partisan, political influence."

The representatives said Mr. Fitzgerald had the authority to issue such a report under the terms of his appointment as special counsel at the Justice Department.

I doubt these Congressfolk know much more than the rest of us, but it seems like an odd time for leading Dems to be talking about a report, rather than holding out hope for indictments.

C'mon - unlike the Yankees, no one on the Angels is talking about off-season trades.

Comments

[kim]

Yeah, and I wondered about Bob Dole hoving to lately, and now Bob Bennett.

Will the truth Bob to the surface, or will it be forever beyond the reach of plumb Bobs?

Mark Many Twains.
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[kim]

And you notice, leading Dems are not exactly beating Joe's drum lately either.
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[Dwilkers]

Meh. I think if they knew anything that group would be forced to hint around about it. That's just a CYA memo in case there aren't any indictments - or the indictments involve the wrong people - so they can scream and bitch.

[kim]

Yeah, and the irony and hypocrisy of claiming to ask for the report in order to insure it's non-partisan nature is a real laugher. It will become an article of faith for the left that Fitz was corrupted by the White House if none of them end up convicted. Har de har har.
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[clarice]

Once again the Dems are being done in because they believe the media and the media is reporting this wrong, I think.

[clarice]

By that I mean that I read this differently--yes they asked for a report but I think because they believe the rotten reporting and eant the report to drag it out and keep it on the frontpage. TM's inference makes sense but I don't know if it was they were thinking/

[kim]

Naw, they're just hoping to keep the meme in the 'true beliefs' of the core constituency, now a more extreme left than it used to be.

It's pandering really. Fools.
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[Jon H]

On the other hand, they might be thinking that, if left to the Republicans, we might *only* hear about the indictments, and not any and all unindicted individuals.

For the Dems, in order to make the best political use of the results of the case, they'd want to know everyone who got a little bit dirty, not just the few who fell in up to their necks.