The coverup is always bigger than the crime. No matter what your political leanings, the Scooter Libby
obstruction of justice trial has something for everyone, including
testimony by memory experts, an
all-star witness lineup, including the Vice President of the United States and the Secretary of State,
phone calls to the press from the bowels of Air Force Two, the
first high-profile Federal court proceeding where bloggers have been given press credentials, some
interesting Voir Dire questioning of potential jurors [
pdf ] - and
the interesting responses thereof, a
book largely culled from research done by the Citizen Press, an unpopular war, an unpopular president, and an even more unpopular Vice-President,
full-frontal assaults on the credibility of the press, scrubbed newspaper archives, at least
one witness (a former White House Official?) who has been granted immunity, an
earlier leak of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq regarding WMD, and quite possibly substantial insight into the who, what, when, and where of the selling of the Invasion of Iraq.
posted by rzklkng
on Jan 17, 2007 -
28 comments
Frog Scoot? The FBI appears ready to point fingers in the Plame affair, at Senior Administration Officials Lewis Libby and John Hanna.
TPM reports that the intial charges against Hanna may be intended to induce him to name higher-ups. Will this really go down before the election?
posted by Ignatius J. Reilly
on Feb 5, 2004 -
19 comments
