http://today.reuters.com/business/newsarticle.aspx?type=reutersEdge&storyID=2005-10-26T191146Z_01_ROB668972_RTRIDST_0_PICKS-BUSH-LEAK-FOREX-DC.XML By Nick Olivari
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar may weaken, along with stock and bond prices, analysts say, if the investigation of the leak of a CIA agent's name results in indictments against White House insiders.
The grand jury investigation is due to conclude by Friday, amid signs the prosecutor in the case is preparing to seek criminal charges over the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity in 2003 after her diplomat husband Joseph Wilson accused the Bush administration of misusing intelligence prior to the war on Iraq.
Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has interviewed senior White House staff in a bid to source the leak, and some investors fear the investigation may even taint Vice President Dick Cheney.
"Any indication that the investigation is widening beyond the simple pointing of fingers as to who leaked Plame's name to the press is an extremely dangerous development -- so stay on your toes," John Hardy, market strategist at Danish-based Saxo Bank, said in a research note.The article has more, but have you read anything more ASININE in your entire life (and your three previous ones to boot)?!?!?!