Yerr nawt tawkin 'bout me arrr yah?
Posted on 02/26/2007 7:23:01 PM PST by Iam1ru1-2
After five weeks and a slate of witnesses that included a who’s who of Washington media and political insiders, a jury will now decide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s fate. The prosecution and defense gave their closing arguments this week, with Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald taking one last opportunity to claim that Libby lied to the FBI regarding his knowledge about the identity of desk set CIA analyst Valerie Plame, and leaked this non-classified information to the media.
Libby’s lead defense attorney, Theodore Wells, noted that Libby had a faulty memory, nothing more. Last week, six major Washington reporters all testified that they heard about Plame from sources other than Libby. Oddly enough, Fitzgerald is pursuing none of these sources for breaking the law. It seems clear now that he was lured by the Left into a political dispute in which no crime had been committed, and he now hitches his years-long investigation on a man who’s notorious in DC circles for having a bad memory.
Editor’s Note: Next Thursday, 1 March, Mark Alexander will be joining Michelle Malkin for an Accuracy in Media reception, where Mr. Alexander will be receiving, on behalf of The Patriot, the AIM Award for Grassroots Journalism. Ms. Malkin will be receiving AIM’s Award for Investigative Journalism. The event coincides with CPAC 2007, the 34th Annual Conservative Political Action Conference, and Mr. Alexander would be honored to meet any of our readers in attendance. The reception is scheduled for 5:30 pm in the Diplomat Room of the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC.
And the man they know leaked it is not being pursued because he is known to be anti-war.
It's about making the Bush Administration look bad........and Bush himself ain't doing a bad job of it himself!
What the hell is taking the jury so long? I thought that they'd be back out in 90 minutes or so. This bodes ill.
It bodes a hung jury.
I think the point that Libby had a good memory for what he heard, but not for exactly from whom he heard it or where he heard it is very understandable. It seems to me to be similar to not remembering someone's name, but remembering what they told you.
They are trying to decide if he gets the needle or the electric chair.
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