Interesting Questions......

[Joe Fields]

Now that Bush is known to be the "leaker-in-chief," will he allow himself to be called as a witness in the Libby trial? Bush will now surely be called upon to testify.

Or, will Bush simply pardon Libby before the trial actually begins?

Or, will Libby die under mysterious circumstances, and a "suicide" note be found, saying he couldn't face the prospect of going to prison?

Libby, no doubt pissed after recieving the cold shoulder from the administration after being indicted on perjury and obstruction charges is in the fight of his life. What comes first; freedom and family, or "loyalty" to a president who didn't have the guts to admit the de-classification of a document, and who left this administration's most loyal Bush/Cheney-bot to twist slowly in the wind?

My guess is that many answers depend on what happens in the mid-term elections.

[unblock]

1. he'll bomb iran, then pardon them all because they can't be distracted

during this all important time of war.

:eyes:

[rodeodance]

2. Fritz: Bush "was unaware of the role" that Libby played in outing Plame.

I have posted this previously. But this tells me that Fritz is more after Cheney than Bush (seems to believe Bush--recall that Bush was interviewed by Fritz).


Fritz: Bush "was unaware of the role" that Libby played in outing Plame.




http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0407/dailyUpdate.html
posted April 7, 2006 at 12:54 p.m.

Did Bush misuse presidential powers?

Experts: Leaks are probably legal but 'amount to using sensitive intelligence data for political gain.'

By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com

The news that President Bush authorized the disclosure of classified information to certain reporters has set off a debate on whether or not Mr. Bush misused his national security powers. FoxNews reports that papers filed Thursday by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald disclose that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the only person indicted so far in the investigation into who 'outed' CIA agent Valerie Plame, told a grand jury that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney had authorized him to discuss with reporters the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) regarding Iraqi weapons systems.

Nothing in the papers indicate Bush or Cheney told Libby to reveal the name of CIA analyst Valerie Plame, nor do they suggest that either the president or vice president did anything illegal. But the documents do hint at more problems for the administration since some may show a plan to punish one of its critics, Plame's husband, Amb. Joe Wilson.

The Associated Press reports that the picture painted by the court papers is of a hesitant Mr. Libby, who had "qualms about leaking classified information to the press, but was quickly persuaded to drop them" after coming under pressure from Mr. Cheney, "who advised him that the president had authorized Libby to do so."

In his court filing, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald asserted that "the president was unaware of the role" that Libby "had in fact played in disclosing" Plame's CIA status. The prosecutor gave no such assurance, though, regarding Cheney.