The police are looking into the possibility of giving Attorney Uri Messer "state witness" status, thus granting him immunity from prosecution in return for incriminating testimony against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Police believe Olmert and his bureau chief Shula Zaken used to take the money that they received from contributor Morris Talansky and pass it on to Messer for safekeeping.

Police sources told Haaretz Thursday that Messer's role in the wrongdoing was minor compared to that of Olmert, Talansky and Zaken, because he did not know where the money had come from or that it had been a bribe.

There are no state witnesses in the case as of today.