[Cboldt]

FITZGERALD: He was at the beginning of the chain of phone calls, the first official to disclose this information outside the government to a reporter. ...

Irrrelevant to the outcome of the case ...

FITZGERALD: (continued) And then he lied about it afterwards, under oath and repeatedly.

That is the only object of the indictment. Although I agree that it is a good defense strategy to turn this into a leak or "outing the agent" case, it is not a leak or "outing the agent" case. That allegation is not made in the charges.

[counterpunch]

And now Fitzgerald's own grasp of the truth is in question. This is exactly why his premise is relevant. Fitzgerald says Libby "lied" but it may only be a lie in Fitzgerald's version of the "truth".

 

[counterpunch]

A "lie" is relative to its relationship to the "truth", and Fitzgerald got the truth wrong. This is why his case has fallen apart. If Fitzgerald's "truth" is wrong, then Libby's "lie" to Fitzgerald's "truth" is not a lie at all.

[jennyjenny]

But with what Woodward is saying, Libby was not at the beginning of the phone calls, nor was he the first official to disclose the information outside of the government to a reporter, so, how could he have lied about it afterwards, under oath and repeatedly?

[Sal]

FITZGERALD: He was at the beginning of the chain of phone calls, the first official to disclose this information outside the government to a reporter. And then he lied about it afterwards, under oath and repeatedly.

That is the only object of the indictment.

Although I agree that it is a good defense strategy to turn this into a leak or "outing the agent" case, it is not a leak or "outing the agent" case. That allegation is not made in the charges.

That allegation may not be in the charges but it sure was front and center in this cheap little SP hack's press conference wherein he attempted to convince the public and potential jurors that Libby did indeed out a super secret covert agent (snortle)--and that that is why it's important to get Libby.

This attempt to convict Libby totally out of court and totally without evidence and even without the ability to actually CHARGE him on this issue demonstrates the complete non-credibility of this SP himself and opens his whole "investigation" to doubt.