No word yet from the grand jury in Durham. In the meantime, the press corps is recording Mike Nifong’s visits to the courthouse bathroom for posterity:

Masses of reporters came to the Durham County Judicial Building today expecting grand jury indictments in the Duke lacrosse rape scandal.

No indictments had been announced by 12:30 p.m., but the anticipation had reporters on a stakeout of District Attorney Mike Nifong that was awkward, if not actually ludicrous.

Just after noon, Nifong emerged from his office and walked straight across the hallway to the bathroom.

Reporters swiftly surrounded the bathroom door, a crowd that included five television cameras, three still photographers, sound men with boom microphones and at least a dozen print reporters.

When the toilet flushed, the group tensed, raised cameras and prepared. Nifong did not emerge with news.

“I no longer get to go anywhere in my community without people knowing who I am,” Nifong said. “I wish you could find me a way to give me my anonymity back.”

By 8 a.m. there were more reporters on the sixth floor of the Durham County Judicial Building than grand jurors.