Ya gotta be a lawyer to understand a lot of this stuff but here is my question on limiting stuff.
The prosecution has to proove that Scooter intentionally lied ...
Why cant the defense call in anyone they want to show what Scooters intentions were .
If there is no motivation to lie ....doesnt that mean he didnt intentionally lie?
I would put it this way...if he had no motive to lie, then we don't really have a lie at all, but rather simple forgetfulness. Only people like the Clinton's lie when there is absolutely no reason to do so. Libby is a lawyer and a smart one. The hue and cry was that the identity of a covert agent had been revealed in violation of a statute. A quick look at the statute would reveal that Plame didn't fall within it's protection...hence, no crime. There was no reason whatever for Libby to lie since, even if he had leaked her name, it was NOT a crime.