Mark Kleiman:

I read Fitzgerald’s caution about predicting future indictments as simply an extension of his general refusal to comment on anything outside the four corners of the indictment.

There was nothing to keep Fitzgerald from saying, had it been true, something like: “The investigative phase of this case is now over. The grand jury has indicted the only person we thought, on the evidence we now have, had provably committed a crime worthy of prosecution. Of course it’s possible that, in the course of the trial, new information might emerge that would implicate other people, and if that happened those people might be indicted. But as of now, we’re not investigating anything or anyone else, and my previous request that witnesses and lawyers not discuss the case with one another or with the press is therefore no longer in effect.”

And of course he might say that tomorrow or next week, in which case I will have to pay off on three bets: two that Rove would be indicted, and one that someone would be indicted on EA or IIPA charges.

But Fitzgerald didn’t say that today. He said he and his colleagues were eager to get back to doing their full-time jobs. He refused to say whether anyone was still a target.

So we know a lot more now than we did this morning about just how strong the evidence is against Libby, and (some of) how much Fitzgerald managed to learn about who told what to whom. But I don’t see any reason to think that the probability that Rove will eventually be indicted is any lower now than it was six hours ago.