Secret Service Records Prompted Key Miller Testimony (about June 23 mtg)

[DemsUnited]

WHITE HOUSE
Secret Service Records Prompted Key Miller Testimony

By Murray Waas, special to National Journal
© National Journal Group Inc.
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005

New York Times reporter Judith Miller told the federal grand jury in the CIA leak case that she might have met with I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby on June 23, 2003 only after prosecutors showed her Secret Service logs that indicated she and Libby had indeed met that day in the Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House, according to attorneys familiar with her testimony.

When a prosecutor first questioned Miller during her initial grand jury appearance on September 30, 2005 sources said, she did not bring up the June 23 meeting in recounting her various contacts with Libby, the chief of staff to Vice President Cheney. Pressed by prosecutors who then brought up the specific date of the meeting, Miller testified that she still could not recall the June meeting with Libby, in which they discussed a controversial CIA-sponsored mission to Africa by former Ambassador Joe Wilson, or the fact that his wife, Valerie Plame, worked for the CIA.

When a prosecutor presented Miller with copies of the White House-complex visitation logs, she said such a meeting was possible.

Shortly after her September 30 testimony, Miller discovered her notes from the June 23 meeting, and returned on October 12 for a second round of grand jury testimony. In this second appearance, Miller recounted details from her June 23 meeting with Libby, with the assistance of her notes.

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ON EDIT: http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2005/1020nj1.htm

Another nice scoop for Mr. Waas!!

[arcos]

1. ...

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[indepat]

2. Judy can't be expected to remember piddling meetings like the one on

June 23.

[DemsUnited]

7. Heh! Actually, I believe she was trying to respect Libby's instructions

to only speak about July meetings. Remember the line in his letter:

"The Special Councel identified every reporter with whom I spoke about anything in July 2003, including you."

Pretty broad hint, IMHO, for Judy to limit her testimony to July and
forget all about any meetings in June.

Darn those pesky Secret Services records!

[damntexdem]

8. Oh, the poor dear! Persisting as a 'reporter' despite her handicap:

a poor memory. She just can't remmeber meetings at the White House.

[Kingofalldems]

3. Oops!

Looks like Fitz is as sharp as a tack.

[wishlist]

4. Wow- her credibility has now sunk to a new depth-n/t

[damntexdem]

9. That's just not possible!

To sink to new depths, it has to have once been above the lowest level.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Her mind runs like a well oiled machine

that's clearly marked:

DO NOT OIL!

[nookiemonster]

15. ROFLOL!

That is some of the funniest shit I've read today.

Nice.

:)

[hopein08]

17. LMAO! Mind if I use that one? n/t

[Xipe Totec]

21. Be my guest

It's not my own. I have friends who are far wittier than I am, and I borrowed it from one of them myself.

[Mokito]

22. LMAO

That one has gone straight into my little black citations book, with your name under it. Hope you don't mind.

[Toucano]

6. She can't be expected to review her notes before her grand jury

testimony.

I mean, afterall, it's only TREASON people!

Wonder if Judy has any other skills. Watch her get a job at Haliburton when it's all said and done.

[damntexdem]

10. Oh, does Halibutron hire convicts still in prison?

;-)

[Toucano]

11. ROLF! It wouldn't suprise me if they do, actually!

They've probably got a no-bid contract for license plate manufacturing for Iraq!

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. Two great things about this

1) It means that Fitz trapped Miller bigtime (as it were), in the manner firedogblog predicted. Miller was given a cushy out to testify and predictably crowed all over television about it. But Fitz knew that she would lie, and sure enough, she did. The logs stopped her in her tracks and forced her to turn over the June 23 notes. Fitz is aggresive and smart.

2) Judy pretty obviously tried to deceive the grand jury, and if this transaction happened with the jurors present, you can bet that you have a whole shitload of grand jurors who are super-pissed and more convinced than ever that somebody committed a crime. The ineptitude and effrontery of Judy's behavior must have any self-rerspecting grand juror quite fucking pissed.

[LiberalEsto]

14. Judy's frogmarch... can't wait!

or will she be sentenced to time already served?

[IndianaGreen]

13. Judy got caught in a lie

and she had to protect her ass, which is why she "found" those notes on the June meeting.

Why do some media pundits still see this bitch as a defender of the First Amendment?

[Beetwasher]

16. Judy Is Going to be Indicted Right Along W/ All Her Best Buds

Mark my words.

[NewInNewJ.]

18. She has been whoring herself to both sides.

What a sad day for the NY times when they were at one time , one of the only publications that were fair. She has not only ruined her self , but her paper. The Times needs to come clean and
clear themselves from this trash. What a disgrace !

[No Exit]

19. HA HA!! Those pesky Secret Service records again!!!! Alas, it

seems that the EXTREMELY HIGH SECURITY that a despot like Junior requires, may also be his undoing. (hee hee hee)

[No Exit]

20. ROFLMAO!! "she said such a meeting was possible." "Unless," she

added, "unless someone dressed up just like me and went to the Executive Office Building... hey, why are you laughing, Mr. Fitzgerald?"

[meganmonkey]

23. ooooh - Busted!

Really, like there wouldn't be a record that a meeting took place? It was in the Exec Office Bldg, for god's sake.

:rofl:

:popcorn:

[lovuian]

24. Oh Ya the Secret Service Logs!!! Funny how Scooter forgot those

I guess Gonzalez didn't give them that much time to shred everything!!!

[Roland99]

25. OOHHH!! *That* June 23 meeting. I thought you meant another one.

Silly me.




;)

[cap]

26. speaking about whoring... what about similar logs for Gannon

and his lunch time visits?

[goforit]

27. What a Schmuckess!!

[krkaufman]

28. She SO needs to go to jail. n/t