Who were Libby's 'superiors' that were mentioned by Fitzgerald?

[savemefromdumbya]

Who's going to let the dogs out......

Finally, Fitzgerald alludes to "authorization" by Libby's "superiors" – who may include President George W. Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney – who may have allowed him to disclose information about a then-classified report on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction to the media. Previous reports have indicated that Cheney and Bush are not targets of the probe.

rawstory.com

[benburch]

1. I think his chain of command included ONLY Bush and Cheney.

It is sort of like saying "Neil Armstrong and the other Astronauts in the Apollo capsule." Without naming names it identifies only two other people.

[H2O Man]

8. Correct.

It is important to remember that Libby was the first person in history to hold three senior positions in the White House at one time. His superiors were: Dick Cheney, Dick Cheney, and George Bush. In the first two cases, Cheney would have one superior who would also be over Libby, and that was George Bush.

[FreedomAngel82]

13. Why would Cheney count twice?

[benburch]

15. Because Libby held three positions.

Those are the three respective superiors for those positions.

[FreedomAngel82]

12. And it's to where

he leaves people guessing and isn't showing the whole deck of cards.

[Cleita]

2. You said:

"Previous reports have indicated that Cheney and Bush are not targets of the probe."

If I remember correctly their wording was a little more careful, along the lines that Cheney and Bush were not targets of the probe at this time.

[stop the bleeding]

5. good point - carefully worded is a trademark of Fitz n/t

[savemefromdumbya]

16. ah ha!

good point!

[BuyingThyme]

3. He only has one,

and he's a big dick.

[napi21]

4. Libby's direct superior was Cheney!

If the Gov't works like most business do, Shrub is also his superior. Rove is probably an equal I would think, since Rove is Shrub's direct asst.

[FreedomAngel82]

14. Not really with Rove

Rove when the time the CIA leak happened had no sort of role in anything except being a political advisor. The day after the last "election" Bush promoted Rove to Deputy Chief of Staff which I found very interesting.

[shaniqua6392]

6. Very interesting that the trial will not start until January 2007!!!

Conveniently after the November elections. God how I wish Fitz would blow this thing up before then. Maybe he will be able to indict someone else before the elections.

[AndyA]

9. Lots more to come between now and November

Don't worry too much about a lack of information forthcoming between now and the elections. There is so much crap out there still waiting to ooze forth! We have lots of revelations to look forward to, and each one is one more nail in the Republican's coffin.

ENJOY!

[shaniqua6392]

10. I sure hope you are right.

I can not stand the thought of all of this coming out after the mid term elections.

[savemefromdumbya]

17. I hope so! That would wipe the smile of their face!

[RB TexLa]

7. And remember what Libby is charged with

Lying to the GJ, preventing the answers from being known. If you lie about your own crime you are also charged with it, if you lie to prevent someone else's crimes from becomeing known you are charged with what he is charged with.

[Frustratedlady]

11. For real?

You said..."If you lie about your own crime you are also charged with it, if you lie to prevent someone else's crimes from becomeing known you are charged with what he is charged with."

I didn't know that.

Didn't Bush and Cheney agree to be questioned as long as it was not under oath, or did they just refuse to go before the GJurors?

[savemefromdumbya]

18. Curious that they weren't questioned under oath

I thought when people were suspect that that they HAD to do what the prosecutor says or else they would go to jail. The POTUS and VPOTUS are immune from this?