tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post6363621178391784964..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: I am glad this is overambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-91353647991538327942007-03-06T22:55:00.000-07:002007-03-06T22:55:00.000-07:00If Libby had just claimed forgetfullness he would ...If Libby had just claimed forgetfullness he would have been much better off. In truth I doubt if anyone really knows. I can't remember what I had for lunch two days ago, how can people remember this kind of thing?terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-18477039345172449002007-03-06T22:19:00.000-07:002007-03-06T22:19:00.000-07:00Well, it's over and it's not. The request for a ne...Well, it's over and it's not. The request for a new trial will happen, then the appeal (if request not granted). I found the intricacies of this aspect of the whole story too much to keep up with. Byron Yor boiled it down to its essence.<BR/><I>Fleischer had testified that Libby told him about Mrs. Wilson — "hush-hush, on the QT" — on Monday, July 7, 2003. The conversation with Russert, in which Libby said he was surprised to hear about Mrs. Wilson, was on Thursday, July 10.</I><BR/><BR/>The jury believed Fleischer & Russert and not Libby. Once a juror accepts that Libby tells Fleischer on Monday about Mrs. Wilson on the QT, then says he found out about Val from Rusert three days later, the dominoes fall. Did Libby lie? I still don't know, as Tom McGuire (not a partisan hack) thinks that Fleischer was not believeable and that reporters who could easily cast doubt on Russert were never called. If Libby lied, well...you don't lie to the FBI and a Grand Jury. But as Bob Novak said loud and clear umpteen times today, the investigation never should have gotten this far. Fitz knew in Sept. 2003 that Armitage was the leaker and that Val was not covered by the law in question. End of investigation. Instead 3 1/2 yrs. later and a bazillion dollars later, a very smart lawyer appears to have done a very dumb thing.Barry Dauphinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808109325931309525noreply@blogger.com