Posted on 11/20/2005 12:34:26 AM PST by Lancey Howard
Don't let anyone talk you out of it--This is a significant change from his original statements. You've made a good catch.
No, Fitz is wrong about his own charter.
" Because the indictment in this case charges obstruction offenses rather than substantive national security crimes, ..."
Fitzgerald did a good job of accusing Scooter Libby of substantive national security crimes in his press conference.
FITZGERALD: And, given that national security was at stake, it was especially important that we find out accurate facts.
FITZGERALD: I will say this.
I won't touch the specific damage assessment of what specific damage was caused by her compromise -- I won't touch that with a 10-foot pole.
I'll let the CIA speak to that, if they wish or not.
FITZGERALD: If you're going to have a grand jury investigation into the improper disclosure of national security information and you're going to have someone in the position Mr. Libby is lying to the FBI .....
that, to me, defines a serious breach of the public trust.
FITZGERALD: It's important that a CIA officer's identity be protected,
that it be protected not just for the officer, but for the nation's security.
FITZGERALD: This is a very serious matter and compromising national security information is a very serious matter.
But the need to get to the bottom of what happened and whether national security was compromised by inadvertence, by recklessness, by maliciousness is extremely important.
What document is the Old verbiage in? Thanks.
BUMP for excellence in posting!
That is a great job of laying out Fitzgreald's hypocrisy and self-contradictions - - all in his own words. I hope Libby's lawyer is paying careful attention to Free Republic. It's malfeasance if he isn't.
the old verbage is in correspondence dated December 30 and February 6.
Do you have a cite, please?
Nevermind, I found it. Thanks.
Sorry, I was away......
No problem--I realized there was a second page on the file--man, I hate reading stuff in pdf format..
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