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Okay, maybe this is stupid but why are we accepting the Hadley e mail as a bonafide original e mail sent by Rove? Isn't it easier to create a fake e mail out of whole cloth? The Hadley e mail is oddly worded, self serving and I believe created after the fact.
Rove's Hadley Email
by emptywheel This is a follow-up post to this monster with more weedy details for the geeks. I'd like to talk about what recent revelations on email deletions suggest about Karl Rove. I think that--at least with respect to the Plame investigation, the scandal is at least partly about what Rove ...
What a wonderful article without the Vicki spin!
The Long, Tangeled, and Amazing History of IIPA
by Sara, I've posted pieces of this over the life of Plamegate, but as we are getting to the end of this trial (I hope the first) just thought I would provide a historical review of the law in all its twists and turns. The Story begins in late 1975. Gerald Ford is President, George HW Bush is o...
Just a theory: the reason why the juror wanted a dictionary was to look up "reasonable". I'm surprised that John Hannah atestment to Libby's "notorious" memory is having any effect: no one else he worked with--Addington, Martin--cited it. I can only imagine that the jury is wondering why these seemingly inocuous statements warrant a perjury charge. BTW, Judge Walton apparently has memorialized a memoradum stating that Libby (if he is found guilty) could have helped his case by calling seral witnesses including his AA, Addington, and of course, Cheney.
Reasonable Doubt and that Shifty Matt Cooper
by emptywheel Well, Christy's thread on the two new notes from the jurors has exploded, so I thought I'd post my thoughts over here where it's quiet (plus, I missed you guys this week!). Here's what the jury is asking, after 8 days of deliberation. Question One: Matt Cooper The first question i...
I believe Fitzpatrick deliberately did not call Cheney as a witness. He has no interest in getting into an executive privilege battle with the WH. Wells took the bait so far. Bush/Cheney may still raise executive privilege, which of course they would win. At that point, Libby can cry foul because he is being denied "best evidence" as Cheney to support his defense. I doubt that Cheney will ever see the courtroom in 2007, but I will gladly eat those words with the soda and popcorn as I watch the trial.
A Really Good Reason to Call Dick
by emptywheel Folks, I think we've been missing a really obvious reason why Libby's team would want to call Dick (in addition to the wildarsed speculation I made here). One of the most important witnesses against Libby will be Cathie Martin. She will testify: Sometime not long before July 8, sh...
Somehow, a bunch of Muslim brothers talking about "killing all the devils" was something said repeatedly in the 60's and 70's. These boys (like the Yemeni boys) are a group of wannabes with no possible way of actualizing a plan. That's the National security plan: protect us from the brown and black people. Osama must be laughing in his cave!
Brother Naz' Timing
by emptywheel Boy I felt foolish clicking that category, "Terrorism," to start a post on Abu Gonzales' big terror bust today. I looked for the "Troubled Teens" category. Not finding that, I looked for a "Wasteful FBI Set-Ups" category, but I didn't find that either. So I settled for the terroris...
Another WAG Alert. Well I'm hoping Leopold has it right. One thing I'd like to point out is that everyone seems to be accepting the Rove spin that this is just about his forgetting his conversation with Matt Cooper. I maintain that the real charge will be obstruction. I think that Fitzgerald has had the "original" Hadley memo since February 2004. I say original, because the Hadley memo proffered by Rove never sounded quite right: it was too subserviant in tone. I think Rove has made active moves to obscure his role in the Plame Affair and that is what will be the most serious charge. Luskin will be lucky if hedoesn't get a slap on the hands himself.
Fitzgerald Collecting Cheney's Smoking Guns
by emptywheel There has been a lot of speculation this week about whether, and when, Karl Rove will be indicted. While everyone has been distracted with that excitement, Patrick Fitzgerald has laid a few more of his cards on the table, making it increasingly clear that he is closing in on Cheney...
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