The Libby leak trial is really getting to be fun now: White House anxiety is mounting over the prospect that top officials-including deputy chief of staff Karl Rove and counselor Dan Bartlett-may be forced to provide potentially awkward testimony in the perjury and obstruction trial of Lewis (Scooter) Libby. Both Rove and Bartlett have already […]
This is the first I heard about this, but Jason Leopold of Truthout seems to be on target all the time: Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald spent more than half a day Friday at the offices of Patton Boggs, the law firm representing Karl Rove. During the course of that meeting, Fitzgerald served attorneys for former […]
Every day seems to bring new stories of how Rove is closer to being indicted in the Plame case. Take this from today’s LA Times: Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald is believed to be considering perjury or obstruction charges against Rove or charges that he offered misstatements to investigators. A grand jury in the case […]
Bush has admitted to the declassification of parts of the pre-war intelligence: Bush acknowledges declassifying Iraq intelligence President George W. Bush acknowledged on Monday he ordered the declassification of parts of a prewar intelligence report on Iraq to respond to critics. But Bush said he could not comment on an assertion that he authorized Vice […]
With everyone paying attention to Bush and his now known involvement in the CIA leak case, one thing has been overlooked – what impact this revelation has on Libby’s defense. Today the Washington Post looks at that angle: Fitzgerald argued, in essence, that the White House effort to rebut Wilson’s criticism was so intense, and […]
In an article appearing in tomorrow’s Washington Post and available online now, we learn that it wasn’t just the opinion of Fitzgerald and the grand jury that Libby perjured himself but one judge who had made rulings in the case also felt the same: [Judge David] Tatel wrote that interviewing Miller would be crucial to […]
Remember how horrible it was that the President of the United States lied under oath to congress? My how times have changed. Now it seems perjury is the norm for Washington. It first became evident when Scooter Libby was indicted for the same crime last fall. Republicans quickly took to the airwaves dismissing the charges […]
By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer The recent indictment of Vice President Cheney’s top aide has struck a nerve with the American public. Four in five, 79 percent, said the indictment of former Cheney aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby on perjury and other charges is important to the nation, according to a poll by the […]
Heres an update on my previous postRove = Offical ‘a’. This is the Associated Presses report on this issue: ‘Official A’ Stands Out in Indictment By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer In a sign of the trouble lingering for the Bush administration, the indictment handed up Friday in the CIA leak probe refers to someone […]
Scooter Libby has been indicted on 5 counts as follows: 2 counts of perjury 2 counts of making false statements 1 count of obstruction of justice According to the New York Daily News, Dave Addington is coined to replace Scooter Libby. Addington was the official who authored the memo justifying torture and holding terrorist prisoners […]