AMICUS BRIEF Filed "In Behalf Of All Bloggers" - In LIBBY Case

[kpete]

Wednesday, May 30, 2007
WTWC takes a stand for all bloggers in the Scooter Libby criminal case
Posted by --Blue Girl

Just a few minutes ago, an amicus brief was filed in Federal District Court in Washington D.C. petitioning for the public release of the pre-sentencing letters that were submitted to the court for consideration in the sentencing of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. For once, the blogs are pushing back after being singled out by Libby's attorney for scorn and ridicule. Two of the principals from right here at Watching Those We Chose are proud and honored to be the named parties in this formal legal brief filed with the court, not just on behalf of ourselves, but more importantly, for all of the blogosphere.


Bloggers across the spectrum did an incredible job covering and analyzing the Libby trial. Led by the groundbreaking work of FireDogLake, with Marcy Wheeler and Jane Hamsher live blogging the trial in real time from the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse, bloggers provided a level of coverage, opinion commentary and legal analysis that simply was not available anywhere else in the media, mainstream or otherwise.


Bloggers clearly provided something the public craved as well, because the traffic at sites working the Libby trial was off the charts during the trial. The efforts of bloggers were widely praised nearly everywhere, but are still clearly feared by the power brokers like Libby and his enablers. It was important to fight back against the slurs of Libby and his ilk, and we have.

more at:
http://proctoringcongress.blogspot.com/2007/05/wtwc-takes-stand-for-all-bloggers-in.html

PDFs Of Briefs:
http://noquarter.typepad.com/my_weblog/files/AltBriefFinal.pdf
http://noquarter.typepad.com/my_weblog/files/MainBriefFinal.pdf

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

1. Good For Them!

And Firedoglake was indispensable during the process. They did great with the blogging.

[rurallib]

2. yes, yes YES!!!

[DearAbby]

3. Salute to FireDogLake

they did an awesome job. The new media! It was almost like sitting there. I have no doubt that I. Liar Libby, and his ilk, fear real reporting. A big thank you to Marcy Wheeler and Jane Hamsher. Incredible job, and well done.

[yowzayowzayowza]

6. Second that!

K&R

[snappyturtle]

4. K&R for sure! Great news. nt

[KoKo]

5. This is really good....Never give up just keep at it!

[H2O Man]

7. Team Libby

had opposed Judge Walton's suggestion that the "support" letters be made public, because:

"... any interest by the press in the contents of these letters would be minimal, if not non-existant." Response of Mr. I. Lewis Libby to Court's Order of May 17, 2007; page 8.

I think Judge Walton is fully aware that there are bloggers who do a much better job at covering an important case than the corporate media.