[MgpojuWy]

Ex-Cheney aide gets trial date, CNN.com, Feb. 3, 2006:

A federal judge on Friday set former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's trial date in the CIA leak case for January 2007, two months after the midterm congressional elections.

The trial for Libby, who faces perjury and obstruction of justice charges, will begin with jury selection January 8, said U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton. Walton said he had hoped to start the trial in September but one of Libby's lawyers had a scheduling conflict that made an earlier date impractical.

Walton said he does not like "to have a case linger" but had no choice because Libby attorney Ted Wells will be tied up for 10 weeks in another case. Being one of those nasty liberals, I would have preferred to have his trial start and finish prior to the mid-term elections. Oh, well.

[Mambattedge]

Ex-Cheney aide gets trial date, CNN.com, Feb. 3, 2006:


Being one of those nasty liberals, I would have preferred to have his trial start and finish prior to the mid-term elections. Oh, well.

I would agree, tho likely NOt for the same reasons as you have.

I known that trials are supposed to be non partisan,

BUT

That doesn't seem to be the case. I would prefer to see the trial start while there is a clear cut Republican Majority since he is one of their own. Now that is actually Anti-conservative, in that if they find him guilty, it would be a sign that a true by-partisan government might have a future chance. If under a partisan regime, Scooter is delared Not-Guilty, There is little chance of a good democratic future for the country.

[NerbuitW]

Scooter, Scooter, Scooter. Didn't your mama tell you not to lie?

More Allegations of Libby Lies Revealed - Judge's Report Shows Cheney Aide Is Accused Of Broad Deception, Washington Post, February 4, 2006:

The court records show that Libby denied to a grand jury that he ever mentioned Plame or her CIA job to then-White House press secretary Ari Fleischer or then-New York Times reporter Judith Miller in separate conversations he had with each of them in early July 2003. The records also suggest that Libby did not disclose to investigators that he first spoke to Miller about Plame in June 2003, and that prosecutors learned of the nature of the conversation only when Miller finally testified late in the fall of 2005.

All three specific allegations are contained in previously redacted sections of a U.S. Court of Appeals opinion that were released yesterday. The opinion analyzed Fitzgerald's secret evidence to determine whether his case warranted ordering reporters to testify about their confidential conversations with sources.

Fitzgerald revealed none of these specifics when he publicly announced Libby's indictment in October on charges of making false statements, perjury and obstruction of justice.

The once-sealed portions of the federal court opinion were written in February 2005 by U.S. Circuit Judge David S. Tatel, who was a member of a three-judge panel that agreed with Fitzgerald that the testimony of two reporters, Miller and Time magazine's Matthew Cooper, was crucial to his investigation. Perjury? Obstruction of justice? Did Scooter lie about sex???

Well, no, not exactly. The article includes the following quote from Judge Tatel:

"While it is true that on the current record the special counsel's strongest charges are for perjury and false statements rather than security-related crimes ... perjury in this context is itself a crime with national security implications," he wrote. C'mon, Scooter - don't take the rap all by yourself - 'fess up.

[Quaganoca]

...and apparently Scooter has implicated Darth Cheney ... hmmmmm.

New Details Revealed on C.I.A. Leak Case, New York Times, Feb. 4, 2006:

Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff told prosecutors that Mr. Cheney had informed him "in an off sort of curiosity sort of fashion" in mid-June 2003 about the identity of the C.I.A. officer at the heart of the leak case, according to a formerly secret legal opinion, parts of which were made public on Friday.

The newly released pages were part of a legal opinion written in February 2005 by Judge David S. Tatel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. His opinion disclosed that the former chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby Jr., acknowledged to prosecutors that he had heard directly from Mr. Cheney about the Central Intelligence Agency officer, Valerie Wilson, more than a month before her identity was first publicly disclosed on July 14, 2003, by a newspaper columnist.

[Nfvzjvcl]

Well of course his trial can't start until after the elections. We can't have Scooter's testimony and Cheney on the stand during the campaigns! And if the trial lasts long enough then Bush can pardon him right after his sentencing so he doesn't have to spend any time in jail. Just call me cynical Sam.

[imnaone]

Well of course his trial can't start until after the elections. We can't have Scooter's testimony and Cheney on the stand during the campaigns! And if the trial lasts long enough then Bush can pardon him right after his sentencing so he doesn't have to spend any time in jail. Just call me cynical Sam.

I love this, the libs can't handle the fact that Cheney won't be the only one going on the stand, but most of the media that likes to put the liberals spin on all the news they report will be going on the stand and may be forced (some would call it tortured) to at last, finally start telling the truth.

Todd

[Frjrbefd]

Tortured?

Oh, you're a Limbaugh lover, no wonder your post makes no sense.

[isopsmypovA]

I love this, the libs can't handle the fact that Cheney won't be the only one going on the stand, but most of the media that likes to put the liberals spin on all the news they report will be going on the stand and may be forced (some would call it tortured) to at last, finally start telling the truth.

Todd

Your post makes no sense that I can see. Any testimony from reporters will be for the purpose of exposing the names of administration officials who leaked the name. That testimony should make any members of the supposedly liberal press very happy. Doesn't sound like torture to me.

[Zhgrlpil]

I love this, the libs can't handle the fact that Cheney won't be the only one going on the stand, but most of the media that likes to put the liberals spin on all the news they report will be going on the stand and may be forced (some would call it tortured) to at last, finally start telling the truth.

Todd

I realize you are a Laumbau Cinservative, but never the less ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????? :

[ggandibazz]

Hey, is this a elementary school playground? No. Act like adults.

[Argurnenoni]

This thread is closed.

Grow up.