Posted on 02/21/2007 6:17:53 AM PST by Bahbah
Judge Walton, at the end of yesterday's "festivities" culminating in the mental breakdown of the lead prosecutor, indicated that they would resume at 9:30 Eastern.
In anticipation of that, I am setting up this thread even though I don't as yet see any FDLers gathered in the court room.
This should wrap it up unless there are some unanticipated surprises.
Ping-a-ling.
It may be that they are doing nothing today but jury instructions, and there is nothing more boring.
If that is the case, this will be a very short thread.
Thanks...I am here.
Byron York, not unexpectedly, has some things to say about the case and yesterday's events:
"On a day that had been anticipated for quite a long time, both sides’ performances were uneven. Chief defender Ted Wells was erratic, sometimes appearing to defend his own honor more than his client’s, and sometimes brilliantly dismantling the credibility of key prosecution witnesses. For his part, Fitzgerald seemed overcaffeinated and overreaching, perhaps overwhelming the jury with the minutiae of the case. How their closing summations will play with jurors is anybody’s guess.
What became unmistakably clear, though, was Fitzgerald’s fundamental theory of the case. As much as the prosecutor talked about Libby’s alleged lies, it was obvious that Fitzgerald, on Tuesday as well as throughout the investigation, believed his chief target was — and perhaps still is — Dick Cheney."
The rest is here: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjZiMjQyY2RlMjM5YzY1ZTQ4M2JkZTMyZTVlMWYxYTM=
Good morning, sleuthie.
Good to see you.
Jeralyn Merritt on the Libby trial:
In the end, this trial must be ruled by the presumption of innocence and reasonable doubt. The charges the Government brought against Libby are narrow and specific as to the exact statements about which he allegedly lied. In the end, no smoking gun was introduced to establish Libby lied as opposed to being mistaken. That lack of evidence presented must be held to work against the Government.
The smartest thing the defense did at trial was not to put Libby on the stand and subject him to what surely have been a withering cross-examination by Fitzgerald. The dumbest thing the Government did was charge too narrow a case and not indict Cheney along with Libby.
In other words, Fitzgerald missed the forest for the trees. Maybe he thought the case wasn't there. But in charging such a stripped down version solely against Libby, I have to believe at least one juror, like me, will have a reasonable doubt and refuse to convict.
More at the link: http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2007/02/bitter_recrimin_1.html
PING
And even if they were retired can they divulge such information?
Not only that, if they were retired how would they know Plame's official status? I'd like to know for sure if this Bozo was retired and when. If he wasn't retied he would have to had broken some kind of law wouldn't you think?
Sorry for all the questions but Larry Johnson sure has a lot of absolute assertions in that article with nothing to support what he says. The firedoglake article supports a lot of its "facts" on Larry Johnson's word.
I smell something is fishy
Good morning, ladies. :-)
Larry Johnson has no credibility whatever. If I recall correctly, he has carefully avoided actually using the word "covert", preferring the less specific "classified."
I would bet he is using it in the sense that everyone who works at the CIA has some sort of job classification.
He is also, I believe, a member of that weird group that calls itself something like VIPS, which is full of anti-semites.
That is just marvelous.
Ha, ha, ha. Great visuals!!! :-D
Good Morning my friends...
Anyone want to make bets on how long the jury is out??
Did Fitzfong really have a mini breakdown yesterday? I didn't have time to read anything.
Larry Johnson is one of the BIGGEST POSes you will EVER see!!
Too funny.
Did you take a class recently in photos and graphics? I love 'em!
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