But alas, he'd probably just order another mimosa.
Posted on 02/14/2007 6:31:10 AM PST by theothercheek
With all the journalists testifying about how and when they learned Valerie Plame’s identity as a CIA agent and anti-war diplomat Joe Wilson’s wife in the perjury and obstruction trial of Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr., The Stiletto thought that this handy dandy chart would help keep the story straight:
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Libby Told Me |
Libby Did Not Tell Me |
| Matt Cooper (formerly with Time Magazine) | Walter Pincus (Washington Post): Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer told me |
| Judith Miller (formerly with The New York Times) | Glenn Kessler (Washington Post): Topic never came up |
| Robert Novak (Chicago Sun-Times): Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage told me | |
| David Sanger (The New York Times): Topic never came up | |
| Tim Russert ("Meet The Press"): Read it in Novak’s column | |
| Evan Thomas (Newsweek): Topic never came up | |
| Bob Woodward (Washington Post): Armitage told me |
If remembering who said what to whom and when between mid-June and mid-July in 2003 is the crux of this case, then Libby ain’t doing half bad – especially for a man who worked from 6:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. and sat in on a seemingly endless series of daily briefings and meetings about the Iraq war, terrorist threats, the progress of nuclear programs in Iran and Pakistan and assessments of the nation's defenses against biological attack, according to testimony from Cheney's current national security adviser, John Hannah.
Any juror who’s had to sit through meetings and conference calls at work while thinking about his own unfinished projects and fretting about how long he will have to stay after hours to make up for the time wasted will sympathize with Libby. The Stiletto can barely keep her eyes open during the one-hour conference calls she is expected to attend every Thursday between 2-3 p.m., especially as one of the remote participants has a very flat, droning voice that induces near-coma within a minute or two. Though she takes notes on what other people have talked about, if you ask her what this particular participant said – even five minutes after the call ends – she couldn’t tell you under oath or under pain of death.
Libby’s team is so confident that that the prosecution has not made its case, that it reversed course and will not call the defendant or Cheney to the stand.
NOTE: This time I know I put the links in correctly because I found an HTML editor for the chart! But you can go back to the original source to see what else is up there, if you like.
I can't remember what I said last week.
The problem for Libby is this is a D.C. jury, though, right? Or did he get the venue moved? A D.C. jury being sympathetic to a Republican White House employee is a bit of stretch, imho.
Yes, Armitage is at the root of all this. The Special Prosecutor should never have gone after Libby - but it was the only way to go after Rove and Cheney, who are the real targets, after all.
All these journalists have a very incestuous relationship amongt each other and amongt anonymous government leakers. They trade in gossip to get information, the journalists and government flunkies alike. I think Valerie Plame's identity was widely known by journalists before Novak even wrote his column - and the very first journalist who in known to be aware of the connection between Plame and Wilson is Woodward and he testified that Libby was not the source. Libby walks. Taxpayers are out millions of dollars. But maybe this will put a crimp in Dem plans to investigate the Bush administration from here to Kingdom Come in an endless series of politically motivated special prosecutions.
If the subject never came up when Libby talked with all these other journalists, where is the evidence of the Vast White House conspiracy to discredit Joe Wilson?
If the prosecutor in this case already knew who the source of the "leak" was, and already knew that he could bring no criminal charges for "leaking" Plame's identity under any circumstances (since revealing her identity was not a crime under any interpretation of the law), then the prosecutor had no business even calling Libby to the stand in the first place.
These witnesses have all been called to the stand to reinforce the defense team's case that discussing Plame's identity was so inconsequential that nobody could be expected to remember details about it several years later.
The timeline is very confusing. Is it not accurate that Armitage told Wooodward long before all this other stuff?
You tell me. As far as I can tell, ain't none ...
Not a bad idea, a timeline. However, you are correct in that Armitage was the very first leaker and if anyone should have been prosecuted it should have been him - except for the inconvenient fact that Valerie Plame has not been a covert agent for years when all this gossip was flying about in 2003. So, in sum, no one should have been prosecuted for leaking her name. As for Libby committing perjury and obstruction of justice, I do not think the prosecution is going to make that stick. But, as someone else pointed out - this is a DC jury so who knows? But Libby can always appeal in a different venue.
GREAT BREAKDOWN!!!! THANKS!
Matt Cooper, HOTSHOT, is now at Conde Nast....LOL!
I think i saw Armatiage disguised as a "bowling ball" at the Four Seasons Lanes a week ago. Maybe it was TWO weeks ago. I can not remember!
This trial is such a waste of taxpayer money!
Yeah, ROTFLOL!
Thanks. I forgot about the trial showing the defense's side now. If all reports so far are correct, then the jury should come to the conclusion that most of us had before it started, that this case was a whole lot of nothing. Not guilty
Anyone know when this is supposed to be over? I heard reported yesterday that the defense isn't going to put Libby on the stand.
I don't think it matters what the jury says in this case. I'm guessing the case was destined to be overturned on appeal once the judge decided that the defense could not call CIA witnesses to determine the legitimacy of the original referral to the prosecutor.
Nice scorecard but its a complete ruse. As you know Libby is NOT being charged with telling reporters about Plame. He is being charged with lying to the grand jury and to Federal investigators. He insists that he first learned of Plame FROM reporters, not that he told THEM. He had four people in the government including the VP tell him weeks before he claims reporters told him. Your chart does nothing to elucidate the issue the jury has to graple with before Scooter becomes the girl friend of some drug dealer in Federal prison.
That is NOT what Libby is charged with. Libby is charged with lying to the grand jury and to Federal investigators for whatever reason. He thought he could divert attention away from himself by saying a reporter told him, assuming they wouldnt testify.
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