Libby's revenge

excerpt:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christy-hardin-smith/libby-trial-openings-an_b_39432.html

...Additional witnesses who share in this blame are, in no particular order: the CIA, which Wells characterized as "incompetent;" Ari Fleischer, who apparently pleaded the Fifth and refused to testify before the Grand Jury without an immunity waiver to protect himself from incrimination with his testimony (look for this to be a big point of contention on cross examination when Fleischer testifies); every journalist with whom Libby had contact, and especially the entire reporting staff at NBC and MSNBC, and also Matt Cooper and Judy Miller, whose ability to recall any details was described as fuzzy and muddled. (So much for thanks from Team Libby for Judy, I'm afraid.)

Two amusing points today: Wells described Don Imus as "the guy with the cowboy hat." Repeatedly. (That ought to make for some amusing morning radio blather.) And Wells characterized Libby's call to Tim Russert to exert pressure on Chris Matthews' Hardball coverage of Dick Cheney as a simple "viewer complaint." Because, you know, every viewer gets to talk directly with Tim Russert when they call to voice a concern -- it wasn't the power of the office of the Vice President which got him straight to the Washington News Bureau Chief's phone line. Nope. Not at all.

One of the issues that became very clear as Wells' opening droned on today is that Vice President Cheney's office has been operating as a second National Security apparatus -- if not the pre-eminent one, over and above what Condeleeza Rice had been running at the time -- because of the high level national security decisions that were being made, pushed, and countermanded through what the Vice President was ordering Libby to disseminate to the media on his behalf.

You think Bush will pardon him citing "national security?"

darth cheney will be forced to resign...then onto impeaching bush.

and tell the TRUTH about the Cheney reign?

not that there's any CP-love here on DU -- but out in the world, for some stupid reason, otherwise intelligent Dems think Powell is an "honest statesman." i've heard from more than one Dem say that they'd vote for him for prez.

it makes me dizzy.