Anybody out there listening to Bernie Ward

[Surya Gayatri]

On KGO?

http://www.kgoam810.com/listenlive.asp#

I've only just tuned in so didnt't catch the name of the lawyer he's got on the show. Can somebody tell me? Thanks. SG

[BrotherBuzz]

1. Joe Cotchett

Those two first hours were dynamite. If you missed it, check the archives because it was MUST listen to material :thumbsup:

Newsom business partner is lead lawyer in lawsuit against Cheney


Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross

Wednesday, August 16, 2006


Joe Cotchett, a top Democratic fundraiser, trial lawyer and longtime wine and restaurant partner of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, has just been named to lead ex-CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson's big lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney, his former chief of staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby and presidential adviser Karl Rove.

And with the ex-Army Special Forces Col. Cotchett's take-no-prisoners approach to lawyering, you can bet this case will be a doozy.

In the suit, Wilson and her husband, former Ambassador Joe Wilson, accuse Rove, Cheney and Libby of intentionally exposing Valerie Wilson's classified CIA status to reporters in retaliation for ex-envoy Joe Wilson publicly challenging President Bush's evidence justifying the war in Iraq.

"Money is not what this case is about," Cotchett said Tuesday. "It's (about) a little piece of paper -- sometimes known as our Constitution."

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/16/BAG3FKJDJU1.DTL

[Surya Gayatri]

2. Thanks BrotherBuzz! I knew I could count on

somebody from DU to give me the info. I will take your advice & listen to the rest from the archives. Cotchett sounds like just what the Wilsons (not to mention the Constitution) need. Also, thanks for the link ! SG