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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-29-07 07:20 PM
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Scooter Libby BUSTED! Ari Fleischer rats him out!
Fleischer: Libby Discussed CIA Officer at Lunch
NBC News

Monday 29 January 2007

Defense won't know ex-White House spokesman immunity details.

Washington - Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer testified Monday that then-colleague I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby told him over lunch that the wife of a prominent war critic worked at the CIA. Fleischer said the conversation happened on Monday, July 7, 2003, the day after former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's op-ed article appeared in the New York Times, and he was a guest on "Meet the Press," accusing the administration of "twisting" intelligence on Iraq's weapons programs. Libby - according to prosecutors - told Fleischer at lunch at the White House that the information that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA was "hush-hush."

That is the same day that the White House issued a statement saying that the "16 words" in the State of the Union address about Iraq seeking nuclear materials from Africa, should not have been included in the speech.
Fleischer was about to go overseas with the president and a number of other officials on an official delegation to various African countries. Fleischer would be traveling with the White House press corps on the trip.

June 7, 2003, was days before Libby told investigators he was surprised to learn about the CIA operative from a reporter. That discrepancy is at the heart of Libby's perjury and obstruction trial.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012907R.shtml
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-29-07 07:25 PM
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1. Heh, Mr. "Watch what you say" has to watch what he says. . .
he's under oath.

:evilgrin:
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-29-07 07:33 PM
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2. One could not buy better entertainment.
woof
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-29-07 09:42 PM
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6. actually have the trial covered by the Mainscream Networks would be nice
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-29-07 09:43 PM
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7. Or on pay-per-view.
I'd PAY to see it.
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beaconess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-29-07 09:44 PM
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8. They can't - it's a federal courtroom - no cameras allowed
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-29-07 07:38 PM
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3. Ari dropped dime on Scooter
to save his own butt.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-29-07 07:45 PM
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4. Sweeeeet!!
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R_M Donating Member (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-29-07 07:48 PM
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5. Could this lead to Cheney's ouster?
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