Threat of Jailing Is Lifted With Reporter's Testimony - NYT

[TacticalPeek]

Threat of Jailing Is Lifted With Reporter's Testimony

By JACQUES STEINBERG

Published: August 25, 2004

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The reporter, Matthew Cooper, was questioned in a two-hour deposition about his contacts with I. Lewis Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, but only after Mr. Libby's lawyer assured Mr. Cooper's lawyer that Mr. Libby had waived a confidentiality agreement with the reporter.

The deposition was given on Monday but became known only when the judge lifted the contempt order yesterday at the request of the special prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald.

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Floyd Abrams, a lawyer representing both Mr. Cooper and Time, said yesterday that Mr. Libby had been "one of the sources'' for an article that Mr. Cooper co-wrote last July that mentioned Ms. Plame. But Mr. Abrams would not say precisely what material Mr. Libby had provided to Mr. Cooper and declined to say whether Mr. Libby was among those who had given Ms. Plame's name to Time.

A lawyer representing Mr. Libby, Joseph A. Tate, did not respond to two phone messages seeking comment on the case. Asked for a comment from Mr. Libby, a spokesman for Mr. Cheney, Kevin Kellems, referred a reporter's question to Mr. Fitzgerald. A spokesman for Mr. Fitzgerald, Randall Samborn, said the prosecutor had no comment on the investigation.

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It is not known why the special prosecutor was so interested in questioning Mr. Cooper about Mr. Libby. Mr. Kelly, Time's managing editor, characterized the deposition on Monday as having been "all about Matt's conversations with Mr. Libby.'' But Mr. Kelly declined to answer any other questions about what Mr. Cooper had been asked, and Mr. Cooper also declined to comment.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/25/politics/25press.html

[Citizen Daryl]

1. Coming Soon To A Prison Near You

[TacticalPeek]

2. Kick morning.

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[Tyler Durden]

3. Can't believe this slipped to page 2!!!

Scooter's bound for jail, and the bells ain't ringin'?

I'd have thought we would already be bidding on eBay for bootleg videos of Scooter in prison, wearing a tutu and taking MAJOR BOOTY CALL!

Shoot, I'm hetero, but I'd pay money for THAT on "Pay Per View."

[UpInArms]

4. kick

:kick:

Can't anyone out there respond?

Here is the Plame outing in plain site - or am I the only reading it that way?

[TacticalPeek]

5. Kick evening.

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[goodhue]

6. I. Lewis Libby

The leaker?

[WillyT]

7. Sometimes Certain Headlines Don't Do Certain Stories Any Justice Here...

in LBN.

Repost it in GD, and make your own headline, this needs to get out there.

:bounce::toast::bounce:

And thanks!!!

Woooooooo, Hoooooooo !!!

[goodhue]

8. kick

It is not known why the special prosecutor was so interested in questioning Mr. Cooper about Mr. Libby. Mr. Kelly, Time's managing editor, characterized the deposition on Monday as having been "all about Matt's conversations with Mr. Libby.'' But Mr. Kelly declined to answer any other questions about what Mr. Cooper had been asked, and Mr. Cooper also declined to comment.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/25/politics/25press.html

[Cheswick2.0]

9. It's not that no one cares about this

I think we have been waiting so long for something to stick to these guys that we fear nothing will. It's not like this reporter said "Libby leaked the information about Plame".
I think they are going to have to get more specific information from this reporter or some other before anyone is going to get excited.

[TahitiNut]

10. So, is Scooter rolling over to protect the Big Dick?

Or is the prospect of becoming Bubba's Bride causing him to roll over on Dick the FuckYouMeister itself?