Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post is reporting that Karl Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, "was stunned...when journalists started calling to ask about an online report that he had spent half the day at his law office, negotiating with Patrick Fitzgerald -- and that the special prosecutor had secretly obtained an indictment of Rove."

Instead of Luskin simply affirming or denying the report, Luskin was prepared to assassinate the messenger:

The "claim that President Bush's top political strategist had been indicted in the CIA leak investigation was written by a journalist who has battled drug addiction and mental illness and been convicted of grand larceny. That didn't stop more than 35 reporters -- from all the major newspapers, networks and newsmagazines -- from calling Luskin or Rove's spokesman, Mark Corallo, to check it out."

Seems Luskin did his homework before making his statement - and went a little bit overboard for a representative of an administration that has likely used such onine media outlets to their advantage in the past.

Perhaps Jason Leopold came a little closer to the truth that Luskin have would liked.