Fitzgerald Refuses to Show Evidence That Valerie Wilson Was Classified (NO Fitzmas For The Left)

National Review Online ^ | February 23, 2006 | Byron York

[Coop]

ROTFL!

[Wasanother]

It doesn't always have to be material to the investigation as long as it extended from the investigation but it does have to be material to what is in the indictment. You're exactly right, there is and has never been a case here just a he said, she said indictment.

[Dog Gone]

Thanks, Coop. Libby's team makes a strong case here, and if the prosecution can't provide the evidence this case will be thrown out.

[Coop]

Well, I'm hedging my bets until I find out who appointed the judge. :-}

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Here's a link to the DOJ indictment. It says specifically that Valerie Wilson's employment status with the CIA was classified.

Luckily I'm not a lawyer because to me this looks like every day in the Clinton administration.

Based on the charges against Libby, I don't understand why Judith Miller and Tim Russert weren't prosecuted as well. They could just as easily be assumed to be lying as well as Libby.

[newcthem]

Apparently as Grandma would say "the sh*t is starting to fall apart" Really hard to make a case when you forgot to ask for evidence of a crime. But he sure gives a good press conference.

[maggief]

[Kenny Bunk]

Scooter ain't being charged with outing Valerie.

He's charged with lying about it under oath.

The fact that Valerie may or may not have been outed, because she may, or may not have been a secret spy girl, really ain't got too much to do with this. Neither does the fact that her sleazoid bed partner may, or may not have, outed her long before Scooter may, or may not have.

Scooter's defense team would very much like to make these points part of the case. If they succeed, pay'em double!

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

PJ, there has got to be DUFU thread in the works over this. Some of them are either going to go on meds or be so freaked out they'll forget to take their meds.

[Kenny Bunk]

Pingo and one more teentsie point:

Scooter (rather dumbly IMHO) walked into what's known as a "Perjury Trap." And a rather neatly laid snare it was!

[PJ-Comix]

I'll check but recently there has been VERY LITTLE discussion of Fitzmas over in DUmmieland.

[Wasanother]

You're right, he wasn't charged with outing her but it was indicated in the indictment the Libby was the first to talk to reporters about her "classified" status and Libby fibbed about it. If Fitzy can't support what HE put in the indictment then the indictment should be tossed regardless what Libby did or didn't do. If Fitzy still feels he has a case after the indictment is tossed then he can resubmit an indictment.

[bjc]

An excellent point ands one that has trouble me from the beginning. Who at the CIA was involved in launching this probe? Why have their names been so invisible? What is Goss actually doing to clean house?

[LibLieSlayer]

Fitz has NO credibility left. Lawyers at a friends office were laughing at his ineptness this morning!

LLS

[Just mythoughts]

Well all this started before Goss came on board and doubtful that he has been asked anything about this from Fitzer.

Once that ball got rolling it evolved into a life form.

For all we know Val gal could have sent the referral herself.

[MarxSux]

Fitzgerald is stonewalling. He needs to be seen as stonewalling.

[cgk]

Something about it being impossible to prove a negative?

[smoothsailing]

Clarice Feldman in today's American Thinker

The Kafkaesque Prosecution of Scooter Libby Continues

print version

Fitzhooey has dug himself a deep hole, and he only has himself to blame.

[STARWISE]

Tenant?

[STARWISE]

brainpoop = Tenet