No charges for W.House aide Rove in CIA leak case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House aide Karl Rove, U.S.
President George W. Bush’s top political adviser, will not be
charged in the CIA leak case, his attorney confirmed on
Tuesday.

“On June 12, 2006, special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald
formally advised us that he does not anticipate seeking charges
against Karl Rove,” Rove’s lawyer, Robert Luskin, said in a
statement.

The question of what would happen to Rove, one of
Washington’s most powerful and polarizing figures, in the CIA
case had been a major topic in Washington since Lewis Libby, a
former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, was indicted on
charges relating to the leak of a CIA covert operative’s name.

“We believe the special counsel’s decision should put an
end to the baseless speculation about Mr. Rove’s conduct,”
Luskin said.