Prosecutor says Libby destroyed Cheney memo

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WASHINGTON - Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald used his opening statement in the CIA leak trial Tuesday to allege that Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff lied and destroyed a note showing Cheney's early involvement.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16770023/

[blogslut]

1. It is a good day

:)

[NNN0LHI]

13. Its a very good day. Destroying evidence n/t

[Kikosexy2]

32. It's sunny outside...

and the canary is singing...Tell me more Libby...sing baby sing!

[originalpckelly]

2. HOLY CRAP! Why isn't Cheney being charged with obstruction of justice?

:shrug:

That's like the gap on the Watergate tapes.

[Homer12]

3. It still has to be proved and they need evidence.

You can't bring a case against a vice president without real facts.

[Norquist Nemesis]

6. They would have to prove he told them to destroy it

But, yea, I agree that it doesn't seem to matter what Bush/Cheney have done. There seems to be no consequences for their crimes. NONE!!!

[unpossibles]

7. it would have to have been an order

otherwise it's Scooter that is obstructing.

[meldroc]

31. Couldn't Fitz lean on Scooter to get him to reveal evidence against Cheney?

Offer a plea bargain - shave a couple years off his sentence if he testifies against Cheney or points Fitzgerald towards evidence implicating Cheney?

Chances are this is exactly what happened. He offered a sentencing deal, Scooter gave some juicy information, Fitzgerald followed some bread crumbs and found a smoking gun with Cheney's prints on it.

[Epiphany4z]

9. because he leaked the name

libby trashed the note and lied....the leak law is written so that you have prove intent...its like impossible to get a conviction. Had Libby not lied...it seems nobody would be in court right now.

[Kagemusha]

14. Libby's perjury and obstruction of justice prevents Cheney being charged

by obscuring the evidence that would otherwise be used to charge him with.

Get it?

Edit: That's if Cheney gave instructions to do this. Libby's such a good soldier, he might not have needed to be told.

[hang a left]

18. Libby is being charged with obstruction

I would hope there will be other charges and other perps brought before the courts before this is all over.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

23. This must be the dirt kicked in the umpire's eyes that Fitzgerald referred to

and that has kept him from getting the full story and the real perps.

[helderheid]

4. rec 5

[Homer12]

5. Did Fitzgerald cut a deal with Rove?

I mean how else was he supposed to find out about the letter. Someone must have sung.

[jsamuel]

17. that may have been how Rove got off, the knowledge of the letter

:shrug:

[spanone]

8. Three words...OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

[Kagemusha]

15. Well now I understand Fitz' whole thing about that.

The obstruction of justice is not the product of perjury. The perjury is the means by which justice was obstructed, and cannot logically exist without the intent to obstruct justice.

Libby's lawyer was apparently arguing that Libby would never have lied because there was no underlying crime.

But obstruction of justice IS the underlying crime. That's the logic contained within "the four corners of the indictment". And a damning indictment it is.

[Burried News]

10. Opened with ... a shotgun blast to the face.

And here everyone though Dick the Duck was a standup guy.

[DemReadingDU]

11. watch the MSNBC video in the link

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16770023


lots of damning evidence about Cheney



edit to add
Prosecutor: Cheney deeply involved in CIA leak
Jan. 23: Prosecutors revealed that Vice President Cheney was much more deeply involved in the leak of CIA agent Valerie Wilson's identity than previously known. Hardball's David Shuster reports.
video is 5 minutes

[DemReadingDU]

26. There is a 2nd video

at the same MSNBC link with Jonathan Alter reporting

[bdamomma]

29. oh I love it, lots of damning evidence about Cheney

Cheney thinks he's untouchable, I hope he gets it good.

[DemReadingDU]

30. Yeh!

Cheney is an evil person. All this stress, he will probably have a 'heart' problem soon ;)

[LSK]

12. sometimes the truth is the most obvious and easiest explanation

Cheney wanted to discredit Wilson so he told Scooter to blow Plames cover. Now Scooter takes the fall for the coverup.

[C_U_L8R]

16. Is there gonna be a Perry Mason moment?

With Fitz pointing his J'accuse finger across the courtroom
as guilt drops crushingly upon mean old man Cheney?

Or will it be more of a Scooby Doo moment?

[myrna minx]

19. Heh. Whether Paul Drake storms into the courtroom with vital

evidence or Scooby pulls of the mask, I don't care as long as we see Justice. :rofl:

[IWantAChange]

20. An old Nixonite like Cheney directing a cover-up - who woulda thunk it?

this trial is going to be fun .....:bounce:

[npincus]

21. WAIT- MSNBC's David Schuster just said that may have been

an incorrect interpretation of Fitz's figure of speech.... he is not sure at this time.

[pberq]

22. Kick & Nominated

Just watched the MSNBC video - all they talked about was Cheney and his role.

[in_cog_ni_to]

24. I'm just hoping it was a computer generated note and they searched the Hard Drive

and got a copy of it...PROOF.

[DrunkenMaster]

25. Tricky Dick Redux!

Ya can't burn a harddrive, Dickster! We're coming to get yer lying, sorry ass.

[Swamp Rat]

27. k&r

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[bdamomma]

28. oh boy, this is something, Fitz is not going to stop.

I would love to see both Cheney and Rove be implicated in this.

[madrchsod]

33. if fitzgerald is using the ryan trial as a blueprint

there will be grounds for impeachment far greater than nixons shoplifting and cover-up charge.

[Divine Discontent]

34. WOW@

the shit keeps getting stacked on these crooks. destroying documents!!!??? esp. one exposing the crooked penguin?? wow... this is great for democracy, I hope more occurs from this!



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