"It's been fun but can't we move along now? "
Posted on 01/02/2007 10:59:10 AM PST by mtnwmn
Journalists may testify in CIA leak case By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 2, 7:41 AM ET
Some journalists who made careers out of questioning government officials and bearing witness to history may soon find themselves answering questions from prosecutors as key witnesses in the CIA leak case.
Ten or more reporters from some of the most prominent news organizations could be called to testify in the perjury and obstruction case of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. It's rare enough for reporters to become witnesses. But the Libby case is even more unusual because journalists will be dueling witnesses — some called by the defense team, some by prosecutors.
"It will be unprecedented and, as far as I'm concerned, horrifying," Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said of the case, for which jury selection begins in two weeks.
Prosecutors want to show that Libby lied to investigators about his conversations with journalists regarding outed CIA officer Valerie Plame, and they are expected to rely on former New York Times reporter Judith Miller, Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper and NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert to make their case.
Libby, the former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, has said he had no reason to lie and simply didn't remember those conversations. His attorneys have said they will call as many as seven unidentified journalists to testify about their conversations with Libby to bolster his case.
The Libby case has rankled news agencies for nearly three years, since Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald began subpoenaing journalists to testify before a grand jury. Fitzgerald said it was the only way he could thoroughly investigate whether any laws were broken.
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This ridiculous POS case is still alive? I thought it was dead. Who's the prosecutor? Nifong?
R-U-S-S-E-R-T
Maybe Ms. DogLeash is afraid that the truth might just come out.........
Please correct misleading headline.
"Journalists" should read "Dem hacks".
Thanks!
I find it highly amusing myself. Ms Dalglish must have a twist in her knickers the size of Saddam's noose.
The admitted leaker, not even considered for prosecution, while a man, known as not the leaker is being persecuted by fitzy.
"It's been fun but can't we move along now? "
They tell lies in their articles....
They will lie under oath just as easily.
You have to have personal honor for an oath to mean anything, and to most of these people, their political agenda and their hatred of Bush, trumps everything else.
I certainly hope so!
It's fun to watch the lazy, arrogant, "truth to power" journa-holes hoisted upon their own petard.
It sucks when you aid and abet the criminally insane, treasonous left and willingly ignore the Islamist threat.
Can't wait for Joe Wilson to testify.
Wow, big man!
Questioning a journalist in a courtroom can be loads of fun. All of them lie repeatedly in print and/or on tape.
A good legal team should be able to find dozens of examples where the witness made provably false statements. The lawyer can then question the journalist about these examples, one at a time.
In each case the journalist can be asked if they made provably false statements. If they say "yes" to each one, they lose almost all credibility with the jury. If they say "no", even once, they open themselves up to perjury charges.
It would be wonderful irony to see Tim Russert get caught perjuring himself in a perjury trial. :-)
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