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10/28 Libby indicted, Rove not.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/28/D8DH5FOG0.html
\_ yet.
\_ Note no one's been indicted for the actual leak yet.
\_ The leak law is very narrowly written. It's entirely possible
that the leaking was done with malice and violates the spirit of
the law, but it will be too hard to get a conviction to they
don't indict for that. Perjury is somewhat easier to prove.
\_ Note, though, that the investigation is not over. The people
named in the indictment is an impressive list. If any one of
them end up indicted as well, this will be the story for the
rest of Bush's presidency.
\- i guess it takes more than invading a country on false
pretenses, torturing people, letting osama get away,
not really caring about well connected companies looting
the public coffers.
\_ Let's be clear on what he was indicted for. If you read the
document only real two charges stand up and they are based on
hearsay. 1) Libby said Russert "asked" him about Plame, Russert
in his testimony said this never happened. In fact, Russert
himself disputes the facts as they are laid out in the indictment,
saying publicly he never received any information on Plame at
all from Libby.
2) Libby testified he qualified to Miller his statement about
Plame with the phrase "that's what reporters are telling us".
Miller disagreed in her testimony.
Just he said she said, all pretty underwhelming.
in his testimony said this never happened. 2) Libby testified he
qualified to her his statement about Plame with the phrase "that's
what reporters are telling us". Miller disagreed in her
testimony. Just he said she said, all pretty underwhelming. -jblack |
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| www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/28/D8DH5FOG0.html By JOHN SOLOMON and PETE YOST Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON Vice presidential adviser I Lewis "Scooter' Libby Jr. was indicted Frida y on charges of obstruction of justice, making a false statement and per jury in the CIA leak case. Karl Rove, President Bush's closest adviser, escaped indictment Friday bu t remained under investigation, his legal status a looming political pro blem for the White House. The indictments stem from a two-year investigation by special counsel Pat rick Fitzgerald into whether Rove, Libby or any other administration off icials knowingly revealed the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame or lie d about their involvement to investigators. The five-count indictment accuses Libby of lying about how and when he le arned about CIA official Valerie Plane's identity in 2003 and then told reporters about it. Any trial would shine a spotlight on the secret deliberations of Bush and his team as they built the case for war against Iraq. Bush ordered US troops to war in March 2003, saying Saddam Hussein's we apons of mass destruction program posed a grave and immediate threat to the United States. The US military death t oll climbed past 2,000 this week. Moments before the indictments were released, Bush stepped off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House after a brief trip to Norfolk, Va. As the documents were released, Cheney was giving a speech in Georgia. Libby, 55, is considered Cheney's alter ego, a chief architect of the war with Iraq. A trial would give the public a rare glimpse into Cheney's i nfluential role in the West Wing and his behind-the-scenes lobbying for war. Though Libby has worked in relative obscurity, he is one of the administr ation's influential advisers because of his proximity to Cheney, one of the most powerful vice presidents in history. |