[Alberta's Child]

Ya think? LOL.

[Izzy Dunne]

"We will defend bigorously against these charges" (Statement by Libby's Lawyer)

"Bigorously"?

This is HUGH!

[Phantom Lord]

Is bigorously a word?

[Clemenza]

"Bigorously?" Is the lawyer Chinese?

[jwalsh07]

Tate must have been giddy watching Fitzgerald in that news conference today. A literal teasure trove to be mined.

[FryingPan101]

I am saddened beyond belief.

[tumblindice]

I'm truly embiggened by that news.

[GOPJ]

go for it bump...

[CedarDave]

Who is this lawyer Joseph Tate? Is he a criminal defense attorney or the one he had that was versed in intellectual property rights?

[Alberta's Child]

"We will defend vigorously against these charges"

I'm predicting right now that The Onion will soon have a headline with a variation of this quote . . .

"We will defend vigorously -- but not too vigorously, or maybe just moderately -- against these charges."

[Peach]

Sounds like Libby isn't going to cop a deal.

[TexasCajun]

Can't wait to see/hear Maureen Dowd on the stand being asked what she thinks of Judith Miller's professional skills as well as her ladder-climbing skills.

[js1138]

A Kennedy or Clinton would defend vigorishly.

[jellybean]

I can't wait for discovery to begin.

Question:

If Wilson was sent on a classified mission, why wasn't he investigated for disclosing classified information to Walter Pincus?

[Soul Seeker]

Good for Libby.

If Democrats want to use the Courts to crimialize the decisions the American people make at the ballot box, turn it right back on them. We'll run next year on the terror they pose if EVER in charge again. Not only on their blind eye toward terrorism, but willingness to lock people away if they can for not toeing their line. Cram this abuse down THEIR throats and fry them with it during the elections.

[nopardons]

bttt

[Logical me]

Libby and his lawyers will teach Fitzzzzzzzz a lesson in law. I feel sorry for Fitzzzzzz, but he should have known if he was such a great lawyer and, after checking the law, gave up the case in the first week. I think Fitzzzzzz will not be the prosecutor in the trial. He'll hide. And if I were President Bush, I would want to know who in the CIA requested the investigation and fire them.

[Berlin_Freeper]

For nearly 2 years that butt boil fritzgerald told Libby he was not the target then in the last week he sends the FBI to finally interview pflame's neighbors to find out if they knew she worked for the CIA, and then rushes to indict.

A person like that is nothing but a little piece of crap in my book.

[freekitty]

You know, I heard on the Hannity show today about this Wilson guy not signing a confidentialty agreement. I am thinking to myself, what?????, and in the position he is in. Why not? Most corporations ask employees or contractors, which ever the case, to sign one, whether they are involved in highly sensitive areas, documents, etc. or not.

It simply does not make sense that dealing with highly sensitive issues as Mr. Wilson is telling the world he was involvedin; a signed confidentiality agreement would not be high on the priority list. I'll bet all government agencies do it.

And this should be a red flag to anyone wondering who to point the finger at. I would surely point the finger at Wilson and his wife and who else alledgely plotted this obvious set up to probably get Bush.

[montag813]

Lewis Libby could have made untold millions in the corporate world. But he chose to devote these years to public service. And for what? To be trashed and indicted over spurious non-offenses against 2 Socialist operatives trying to derail the War on Terror? Valerie Plame should have been fired 2 years ago for arranging for her own husband's trip to Niger--a clear violation of CIA protocol, which bans such nepotistic scheming. Also, Wilson himself fabricated the whole episode, which is clearly treason, given that he conspired with foreign powers to delude the Congress, and lied about his activites--a fact which the Congressional investigation made plain.

President Bush was grossly mistaken in ever permitting a special counsel to be named. I said so at the time and was lambasted on this forum for daring to question the West Wing's poltiical genius, and that this would backfire on the Wilsons and RATs. No one is saying that anymore. But the cat is out of the bag, and the time has come for the President to break his 2 year silence, and to expose the Wilsons for the treasonous charlatans they really are. Otherwise he will have surrendered the fate of his second term to enemies of America, to the detriment of all citizens.