Cancer In The White House

There are storm clouds hanging over the White House. No, not the kind of storm that would result in massive failures and lethal incompetence from FEMA... a political storm! Yes, the Fitzgerald investigation has got the White House worried, not that they're letting on publicly. The topic has been avoided at official meetings (as it's part of that pesky 'reality' Bush's handlers protect him from daily), limited to private conversations in hallways. "Andy, I need to discuss contigency plans for Karl, meet me in the broom closet in 5 minutes". Said one Republican with close ties to the White House- 'Anyone who talks about that kind of stuff should be shot'. Has anyone suggested firebombing the Brookings Institute yet?

Two articles on the subject:

A Palpable Silence at the White House-
Few Ready to Face Effects of Leak Case

At 7:30 each morning, President Bush's senior staff gathers to discuss the important issues of the day -- Middle East peace, the Harriet Miers nomination, the latest hurricane bearing down on the coast. Everything, that is, except the issue on everyone's mind.

With special counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald driving his CIA leak investigation toward an apparent conclusion, the White House now confronts the looming prospect that no one in the building is eager to address: a Bush presidency without Karl Rove. In a capital consumed by scandal speculation, most White House senior officials are no more privy than outsiders to the prosecutor's intentions. But the surreal silence in the Roosevelt Room each morning belies the nervous discussions racing elsewhere around the West Wing...

Cover-Up Issue Is Seen as Focus in Leak Inquiry

As he weighs whether to bring criminal charges in the C.I.A. leak case, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special counsel, is focusing on whether Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, and I. Lewis Libby Jr., chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, sought to conceal their actions and mislead prosecutors, lawyers involved in the case said Thursday...

And thus the saga continues...