Pick up here. Marc Rich .. jeeze.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/weekend/hottopic/?id=110009555
Excellent article in the WSJ. I'm still so mad the judge is allowing this case to go forward when it is so obvious that Fitzy is on a political witchhunt. Fitzy stood up in front of the country and the liberal media and told a flat out lie (Libby was the leaker, when he knew all along that Armitage was the leaker). Niphong also told lies to the press, and he is under an ethics investigation. Fitzy should be investigated also and Walton should dismiss the case forthwith. The whole thing is disgusting.
This was all long ago, it's true. But Mr. Libby and Mr. Comey tangled more recently as well. In 2004, as Mr. Fitzgerald was gearing up his investigation, Mr. Libby was the Administration's point man in trying to get Justice to sign off on the NSA wiretapping program. In early 2004, Mr. Comey was acting Attorney General while John Ashcroft recovered from gall bladder surgery, and Mr. Comey reportedly refused to give the NSA program the greenlight, prompting the White House to seek out Mr. Ashcroft in the hospital in a bid to circumvent Mr. Comey.
Thanks for providing a more usable link. I shall try to do so in the future when available.
Would it be ridiculous of me to ask why the former POTUS who granted the highly questionable pardon to Rich isn't being investigated....? Never mind, rhetorical consideration.
As odious as Rich is, Libby did have a duty to try to provide him with the best defense possible. Seems extremely petty to punish Libby for Rich's flight and pardon when neither were his doing. But Fitz has demonstrated that pettiness can be his forward quality.
thanks for the wsj link