Arianna does a good job of clarifying the thrust of Wells cross-examination of Russert [I don’t see what his inconsistency has to do with the question on the table, but what do I know about matters legal?]. The bloggers are really rough on Tim Russert. I don’t watch Meet the Press enough to know first-hand, […]
Marcy Wheeler [emptywheel], Plamologist Extraordinaire, has an interesting post on The Next Hurrah [also posted on Firedoglake] about Libby’s Great Amnesia period. By analyzing Cheney’s changing Talking Points through the months around the time of the leak, she shows that Joseph Wilson and his wife were certainly never out of Cheney’s mind – if anything, […]
Wells: You didn’t ask Libby any questions about Wilson when you had him on the phone? Russert: That’s right. Wells: You had the chief of staff of the VP on the phone, and Russert: It was very much a listening mode — he was very agitated, not in the mood to talk. Wells: But you […]
Libby’s Story: Although Vice President Cheney mentioned that Joseph Wilson’s wife, Valerie Plame, worked for the C.I.A. in the Counterproliferation Division on June 12th, Libby forget all about it until Tim Russert mentioned it on July 11th in a phone call. After that, he confirmed he’d heard it with Matthew Cooper [and Judith Miller?]. The […]
Haggard says he is not gay The Rev. Ted Haggard emerged from three weeks of intensive counseling convinced he is "completely heterosexual" and told an oversight board that his sexual contact with men was limited to his accuser. That is according to one of the disgraced pastor’s overseers, who on Monday revealed new details about […]
[Hats off to Talk Left for providing the PDF files of the Libby filings!] Lawyers file something called a "Theory of Defense Instruction" – suggesting what the Judge should say in instructing the Jury. Jeralyn explains it here. It’s in a graphic PDF file that I’ve reformatted to fit. Here’s what it says: You can […]
They’re listening to Libby’s testimony. I’ll not detail it because we’re going to hear the real deal in the media. And frankly, it’s boring. Fitzgerald obviously knows who Libby talked to along the way, and asks him detailed questions. He keeps saying, "I don’t recall." His story is monotonous. Cheney told him about Plame on […]
In Libby Trial: Motion Opens Door For No Libby Testimony, Christie Hardin Smith reports on a new motion [from last night] from the Libby Lawyers: The key points are as follows [reformatted]: Team Libby wants Judge Walton to reconsider them being allowed to introduce circumstantial and other evidence regarding Libby’s memory, whether or not Libby […]
Time for a day of Libby’s Grand Jury testimony. It’s easy to get lost in the details of the limited case that’s before the court – that he lied to the Grand Jury, lied to block [obstruct] the truth from being discovered about the outing of Valerie Plame as an undercover C.I.A. Agent. The reason […]