Firedoglake on the upcoming Libby Trial

Guess who is Going to DC?

Well, aside from Patrick Fitzgerald and his team, given that the Scooter Libby criminal trial is set to begin on or about the 16th day of January, 2007, guess who else is going to DC?

After several months of phone calls and e-mails for logistical assistance, tracking down just the right person for inquiries at the courthouse, and lots of leg work, and thanks to the gracious assistance of Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post, we have managed to secure one of the very limited press passes for the Scooter Libby trial. (A huge thank you to Arianna for all of her assistance in this.)

Yep, that is correct: your intrepid pals at Firedoglake, with the more than able assistance of Marcy Wheeler, Emptywheel of The Next Hurrah, and fabulous author of Anatomy of Deceit, and a few other all stars who have talked with us about covering various aspects of the trial process, are headed to DC to cover as much of the trial as we can manage to see and hear.

To do this coverage properly, we are working on subletting an apartment in DC, to allow us to be at the courthouse as frequently as we can manage with our respective schedules. We also have travel costs, to and from DC, and food costs and a number of other necessary budget items that all add up.

But we need a little help from anyone who can give it.

Apartments and travel do not come cheaply these days. We have worked to reduce the budget to as spare an amount as we can — we initially thought that hotel stays would be more cost effective but, as it turns out, that is not the case because hotel prices in the DC area are at premium rates, especially with Congress starting back into session tomorrow. So, Jane has been working her tail off to find us an apartment in a location near public transportation and/or the courthouse, and we've finally found a couple of places that will work well with enough bedroom space and a tiny kitchen and internet access — and reasonable rental costs. No mean feat in DC, let me tell you! We're negotiating now for a place, and we hope to have that finalized shortly — it's been tough finding a two-month sublet, so it's taken a bit of wrangling. (Thanks, Jane!)


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I think that is just a bit optimistic myself. Glad they are going to be there though.