Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft, who’s broken some news on this story, says it’s time for Truthout and Jason Leopold to come clean about their sources for Leopold’s fake Karl Rove indictment article:

Jason and Truthout may be correct that case 128 pertains to the Valerie Plame investigation. And maybe not. The grand jury hears lots of cases from multiple investigations. This grand jury is not limited to the Plame investigation. Bottom line: Truthout’s Marc Ash is calling the shots now, not Jason. There could be costly legal ramifications to wrongly outing sources. I don’t blame Marc Ash for wanting to be sure. But Jason’s article was specific about an Indictment of Karl Rove, not someone else, a meeting lasting into the wee hours at Patton Boggs, the Indictment being shown to Rove and Rove being given an ultimatum for a deal. If there never has been a Rove indictment, sealed case 128 is irrelevant to Jason’s article. Jason’s sources were wrong and should be outed.

Meanwhile, Seixon connects the dots:

David Shuster, Murray Waas, Jason Leopold. The only guys pushing the “Karl Rove going to be imminently indicted” dog and pony show. Anyone want to make a guess that all of them have the same sources?

I’ll do you one better and bet they are each other’s sources from time to time. Remember this from Truthout’s first defense of Leopold?

We have been contacted by at least three reporters from mainstream media – network level organizations – who shared with us off-the-record confirmation and moral support. When we asked why they were not going public with this information, in each case they expressed frustration with superiors who would not allow it.

I am terribly curious to know what was happening in those fever swamps last May. The only way we can know for sure is if Truthout and Leopold keep their word and reveal the origins of their false story.