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Libby Trial Discussion

by BooMan
Tue Jan 23rd, 2007 at 12:52:27 PM EST

The Libby trial has started and opening statements have concluded. You can read Fitz' statement here and Wells' statement here. There were suprisingly few surprises. The juiciest tidbit came in Wells' opening statement.

Fitz said Libby may have had a motive to lie, because Scottie [McClellan] said you'd lose your job if you leaked.
Mr. Libby was not concerned about losing his job. He was concerned about being set up. He was concerned about being the scapegoat.
Mr. Libby said to the VP, "I think the WH, people are trying to set me up, people want me to be the scapegoat. people in the WH want me to protect Karl Rove."
Cheney made notes of what Libby said. Notes show Libby telling VP that he was not involved in leak. [oops, Wells, accidentally said, "not involved in leak to Karl Rove."
Cheney's note: "Not going to protect one staffer and sacrifice the guy that was asked to stick his neck in the meat grinder because of the incompetence of others."
The person who was to be protected was Karl Rove. Karl Rove was President Bush's right hand person. Karl Rove was the person most responsible for making sure Bush stayed in office. He had to be protected. The person who was to be sacrificed.

So, Cheney felt that the 16 words got into the SOTU because of the incompetence of others? Or did Cheney feel that the leak of Plame's employment was incompetent? It would seem to be the former because Libby stuck his neck out to rebut Wilson. Cathie Martin was the normal press contact for the OVP, but after Wilson's column appeared Libby was given the job of working with the press.

emptywheel is updating every 15 minutes. She is doing a superb job of paraphrasing the court proceedings. I guess we all owe the firedoglake people a huge debt of gratitude for this service. I really wish we could watch this on television, but this is the next best thing. Love the internets.

Libby Trial Discussion | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Libby Trial Discussion (4.00 / 2)

MSNBC thinks there were some surprises...This is their headline picture.

Tengo un sueño.

by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Tue Jan 23rd, 2007 at 12:59:14 PM EST

Hey Hillary... (4.00 / 3)

you just may NOT be the first female president...lol!

Frodo failed...Bush has got the ring.

by alohaleezy on Tue Jan 23rd, 2007 at 01:41:10 PM EST

Re: Libby Trial Discussion (none / 1)

BooMan,

Great minds, In Court Libby Blames Rove with link to The Corner.

Take over some ammonia. They're in shock over the 'dramatic split in the White House that's just coming to light'

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Tue Jan 23rd, 2007 at 01:08:59 PM EST

Orange Zone is going buck wild ballistic... (none / 1)

Today is Fitzmas!

MS-NBC just broke for commercials, but its female announcer (forget her name) said that this was HUGE.

Not yet time to frog march, but close to it.

An untypical Negro

http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com

by blksista (gab1954@gmail.com) on Tue Jan 23rd, 2007 at 01:20:21 PM EST

This is the first time (none / 0)

in seven years I am actually looking forward to SOTU tonight!! Will Cheney show up? Will Pelosi, sitting by his side, look as if she just swallowed a canary.This is so great, they are all getting ready to throw each other under the bus. Whoot!!

Frodo failed...Bush has got the ring.

by alohaleezy on Tue Jan 23rd, 2007 at 01:40:28 PM EST

Re: Libby Trial Discussion (none / 0)

Btw - I'm not one to defend GWB, but there really are "internets". There's the public one we're using now, but there is also "Internet 2" which is (supposedly) only available to certain schools. And I would guess there's a military version of the Internet that's wholly separate. So there really are "internets."

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Tue Jan 23rd, 2007 at 01:54:53 PM EST

Re: Libby Trial Discussion (none / 0)

It's way more fun to make fun of Senator Stevens and his series of tubes anyway :)

Tengo un sueño.

by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Tue Jan 23rd, 2007 at 02:00:38 PM EST
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