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Fitzgerald given way out of Libby CIA leak case (MSM Spin)
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| 9/21/06
| Mikey_1962
Posted on 09/21/2006 2:02:22 PM PDT by Mikey_1962
WASHINGTON - The judge in the CIA leak case ruled Thursday that if Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald feels that admitting certain classified documents at the upcoming trial of I Lewis "Scooter" Libby can jeopardize national security, Fitzgerald can then move to dismiss the perjury charges against Libby.
Judge Reggie Walton cannot automatically allow classified materials to be admitted at trial. He first must go through a series of closed hearings under CIPA regulations. CIPA, the Classified Information Procedures Act, protects and restricts the discovery of classified information in a way that does not impair the defendant's right to a fair trial. It also allows the government to propose a redacted version of a classified document as a substitution for the original, having deleted only non-relevant classified information.
In his ruling this morning, the Judge Walton, has given a technical legal victory to Libby's attorneys concerning the admissibility of classified materials they want to present at trial for their defense.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: 2006election; backpeddling; bullzogby; cialeak; cialeaks; cya; cyapolicy; election2006; fitzgerald; fitzmas; getlibby; getrove; leftistmccarthyism; mediabias; nationalsecurity; plame; plamegate; powerghraib; revisionisthistory; scooterlibby; showtrial; smearcampaign; taxdollarsatwork; timingissuspicious; valerieplame; wilson; witchhunt; youpayforthis; zogbyism
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If there was no deliberate leak you cannot lie about a leak that did not occur. There is no case and everybody knows it.
To: Mikey_1962
Where does Libby go to get his reputation back? Or his millions of dollars for that matter?
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:04:00 PM PDT
by
msnimje
(Seriously, if it REALLY were a religion of PEACE, would they have to label it as such?)
To: Timesink; martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; ...
Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:04:46 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
To: Mikey_1962
I'm still holding out hope that Fitzy is a good guy.
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:04:54 PM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
("When Cabals Go Kabooms"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
To: Mikey_1962
Time for Fitzy to call in the dogs, pee on the fire and go home. This farce is over. Val and her little Joey have their book and movie deals. There's nothing else that needs to be done.
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:05:18 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(You can't defeat your enemy unless you are willing to get down in the mud with him.)
To: Suzy Quzy
Sorry to disappoint you, but he is not a good guy.
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:06:05 PM PDT
by
Hendrix
To: msnimje
Where does Libby go to get his reputation back? Or his millions of dollars for that matter? Who cares? He is part of that evil conservative cabal. Besides, all Republicans have massive trust funds from Daddy, don't you know?
The real victim here is Valerie Plame, whose promising career as a covert CIA agent defending America was ruined by the Evil Neocons.
< /sarc >
To: Mikey_1962
Fitz oughta take the offer and be done with this. Then Scooter oughta sue the hell out of Fitz for putting him through all this, knowing the whole time that Scooter wasn't guilty!
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:06:33 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: Mikey_1962
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:07:12 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(Free Iran! WARNING! Forbidden Cartoon: .. . *-O(( :-{>. . . .)
To: Mikey_1962
LOL...I sure hope DOJ goes after fitz over this whole non-crime case...
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:07:37 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: Suzy Quzy
He knew who leaked what within the first couple of days and still kept the investigation open, why and how does this all make Fitz in any way even a 10% good guy?
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:07:45 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Mikey_1962
I guess he can't find a frog suit that will fit Libby.
To: A Citizen Reporter; AliVeritas; alnick; AmeriBrit; AmericaUnited; arasina; BlessedByLiberty; ...
Scooter ping!!!
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:08:01 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Declassify the Joe Wilson "Report!")
To: Howlin
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:08:22 PM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
( The kinder we are to terrorists, the harsher we are to their potential victims.)
To: SaxxonWoods
I'm stealing your emoticon.
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:08:38 PM PDT
by
Mercat
(I know my redeemer lives!!!!!)
To: Mikey_1962
Hooooow Convenient!
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:08:56 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(You can spit in our tacos and you can rape our dogs but, you can't take away our freedom!)
To: Mercat
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:08:59 PM PDT
by
Mercat
(*-O(( :-{>. . . .))
To: A CA Guy
I'm hoping Fitz is actually looking into leaking secrets.
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:09:09 PM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
("When Cabals Go Kabooms"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
To: msnimje
Has it been established that Fitz knew the leaker was Armitage at the start of his investigation?
If so, he should have the book thrown at him.
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:10:15 PM PDT
by
ivy
(If you can't bomb the enemy at a funeral, then why are you fighting the war?)
To: Howlin
So it's in Fitz's court, right?
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posted on
09/21/2006 2:10:57 PM PDT
by
onyx
(1 Billion Muslims -- IF only 10% are radical, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)
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