Judith Miller at the Libby Trial: “I Don’t Recall.”

National Review Online ^ | January 31, 2007 | Byron York

[Quilla]

Joe Wilson is a traitor and should be the one on trial today.

[siunevada]

Biased reporting????

Alert the Media!!!

Oh, that won't work, will it?

[ElectricStrawberry]

"I don't recall what I did that I wouldn't tell about that sent me to jail......"

Riiiiiiiiiight.......

[Brilliant]

Everyone is allowed to forget except Libby.

[ripley]

question;

what do these subversive scu&bags have to gain with their shadowy activities?

[Mo1]

ping

[originalbuckeye]

Yes, when the investigations started, I thought 'I hope all the conservatives use the Hillary! defense.....I don't recall.....anything'.

[saganite]

I wonder if the defense is using this tactic to set the stage for Libby's testimony that he didn't remember certain aspects of his meetings which led to the perjury charges. The defense was not allowed by the judge to bring in an expert on memory recall so the lawyers are just setting about to prove that everyones memory is fallible. That notion will be firmly fixed in the jury members minds.

[PissAndVinegar]

Actually, I consider that the Ollie North Iran Contra defense. He's the first person I ever recall saying "I don't recall" about a hundred times during an investigation.

However, I do believe Clintoons have topped that - I found an actual count and related Libby story:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/opinions/columns/articles/0128maceachern0128.html

"Possibly looking to certify its reputation as Washington, D.C.'s journalistic imp of record, the Washington Times once reported that, in the portions of the Paula Jones sexual-harassment suit that had been released, President Clinton employed variations of "Gosh, I just don't recall" at least 267 times.

His favorite phrases, by far, were the pedestrian "I don't know" and "I don't remember," which he employed an estimated 133 times total. Perhaps, just to break things up, he threw in the odd "I don't believe I did" (twice), or "I have no idea" (10 times)."

HAHAHA!

[A Citizen Reporter]

"Miller said her notes brought her memory back. She explained that, after her first grand jury testimony, she discovered a shopping bag full of notebooks under her desk in her New York office. One of those notebooks covered the June 23 interview."

I haven't been following the details very closely here. Am I to understand that after her first grand jury testimony (and after she was jailed?) Miller then discovers a shopping bag full of notebooks under her desk?

[Yo-Yo]

I wonder if the defense is using this tactic to set the stage for Libby's testimony that he didn't remember certain aspects of his meetings which led to the perjury charges.

It does seem to be a common thread running through Byron's reporting of the Libby Trial.

Other relevant stories by Byron:

The Libby Trial: Does Everybody Have a Bad Memory? 01/30
The Libby Trial: Whose Memory Problems? 01/25
The Libby Trial Reveals a White House at War with Itself 01/24
The Real Issue in the Libby Trial 01/23

[Buckhead]

Judith Miller's failure of memory of the June 23 meeting is far more spectacular and inexplicable than Libby's. And yet it is a linchpin of the effort to put Libby in prison.

Every single prosecution witness except Ari Fleischer has Recovered Memory Syndrome, where, under prodding by Fitz, they recover detailed and nuanced memories of things they had previously completely forgotten.

This case is such a crock it's unbelievable.

[Mo1]

You had in your notes the name Joe Wilson,” Jeffress said. “You had his phone number. You had his extension. So who did you talk to about Joe Wilson?”

“I don’t remember who I talked to about Joe Wilson.”

“Do you remember talking to Joe Wilson?”

“I don’t believe I did.”

“Did you tell the grand jury that you remember Joe Wilson was in your notes before that, and so somebody may have told me, but I don’t remember…Is that your testimony?”

“Yes.”

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Hmmmmm .. Joe called her maybe?

[Lecie]

I believe she's still covering up for Powell and Armitage and has been all a long. She went to jail so she wouldn't have to out them as the original sources. Remember, she made that deal with Fitzgerald that she only need testify to the Grand Jury about her meetings with Libby. No other convesations with anyone, just Libby.

[Mo1]

Miller then discovers a shopping bag full of notebooks under her desk?

Yep .. they just happened to show up and found them AFTER getting out of jail

[saganite]

"Every single prosecution witness except Ari Fleischer has Recovered Memory Syndrome"


Maybe even Ari is having memory problems

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1776128/posts?page=4#4

[Judith Anne]

Okay, let me understand this.

She goes to jail. While she's in jail for what? 85 days? a SHOPPING BAG FULL OF NOTES just sits under her desk?

Barbara Striesand.

[Mo1]

Yep, that's it

[r9etb]

A brilliant cross-examination.....

[Jaxter]

"Yep .. they just happened to show up.."

Sure. Kind of like Rose law firm billing records or FBI files.