Posted on 03/27/2006 6:57:29 AM PST by the Real fifi
The Scooter Libby case is back in the public eye, with the news that subpoenas have been issued to the New York Times, NBC News and Time Magazine, and the likelihood that reporters’ notes, emails, and testimony of celebrities like Tim Russert may become public. But the embarrassment which may be experienced by the antique media pales before what awaits Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, whose reputation may never recover from what lies ahead.
As the Libby cases progresses, it has underscored the pattern seen in other recent cases Patrick Fitzgerald has supervised. Fitzgerald is good at creating elaborate facades which tart up the ramshackle huts to which they are affixed, like Potemkin Villages. Once those facades are removed, it is obvious the cases behind them are rickety, and the prosecutor more adept at hiding than ferreting out the truth.
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Excellent piece, thanks.
--good post--unfortunately, I suspect that we could find that Fitzgerald is getting his info from Banquo's ghost and the MSM would still be prosecuting Libby--
Right. But I still like the way Fitzgerald is skewered for his ill-conceived press conference. What a piece of work.
I don't think a motion for dismissal on a procedural questions is the vindication that Libby needs, even if it passes judicial muster.
Of course it would substantially lower his attorney's fee if he can get a summary judgement, but he'd always have the stain on his record in the arena of public opinion.
Getting off on some 'smart lawuer tricks' isn't a good result in the heartland.
Well, law isn't politics--You must make the motions when you can under the law, and I hardly think winning on the ground that the proceedings were unconstitutional is a cheap lawyer trick.
When you are facing a 30 year sentence that's a crock and millions of dollars of legal fees, come back and tell me you'd rather slug it out for years rather than win early on a compelling constitutional argument.
If there isn't a set of rules that controls the proceeding, it cannot ever be fair. Normally prosecutors are not allowed to make it up as they go along.
If they are to make it up on the fly, they may use circular arguments like Fitz does, and Libby can never pin anything down.
I didn't say it wasn't good tactics by his legal team. I simply said the politics wasn't as good as it was in his other arguments.
I also think I'd be willing to take whatever advice my attorneys gave me.
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