You are right. Quite simiilar. How likely is it that Libby would have forgotten the conversations about Plame which he had with Cheney, Martin and Fleischer prior to his conversation with Russert? It is possible, I guess. Yet, I am still not sure what his motivation to lie or cover-up was if the disclosure of Plame's name was not a crime. Do we definitively know it was not a crime? We know nobody has been charged, but people have been given immunity. Strange.
Perhaps, at the time of his prior testimony Libby thought it was a crime? But shouldn't they have known one way or the other by then though?
What are the chances of him convincing the jury it was unintentional? 50-50?
Poor guy. I am guessing all this may have been avoided had the WH taken a very vigorous and public approach to discount Wilson's lies. I believe someone testifed that they considered such an approach and went this way instead. It's really pretty crazy - all they were trying to do was tell the truth!
I am guessing if he is found guilty GWB will pardon him.
I even pulled a couple of CDs I'd made containing our current work effort and stuffed them in my jacket pocket. Took a laptop home with me, and reciting all the way what I'd just done, was actually prepared to start work the next day on 9/12.
Turned out my co-workers were not as well prepared. For the next 6 months I had to remind many of them of where they'd been on 9/11 (and for the week before that day), what they were doing, and what happened to various cases.
It's absolutely amazing what people can forget when tossed into a high stress situation ~
If the case revolves around what order Libby talked to different people, I'd suggest Fitzgerald forgot what his job was. Must have been the stress.