A 'Correction' by Patrick Fitzgerald?? - What does this mean?

[kpete]

(Kpete - I do not know how reliable this source is or how significant - any guesses out there?)

A 'Correction' by Patrick Fitzgerald??
by The Baculum King
Tue Apr 11, 2006 at 04:34:21 PM PDT

I can't find another source but NRO is claiming that Fitzgerald sent a letter to the Court changing the wording in his last filing:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/4/11/193421/155

A few hours ago, however, Fitzgerald sent a letter to judge Reggie Walton, asking to correct his filing. The letter reads:

We are writing to correct a sentence from the Government's Response to Defendant's Third Motion to Compel Discovery, filed on April 5, 2006. The sentence, which is the second sentence of the second paragraph on page 23, reads, 'Defendant understood that he was to tell Miller, among other things, that a key judgment of the NIE held that Iraq was 'vigorously trying to procure' uranium." That sentence should read, "Defendant understood that he was to tell Miller, among other things, some of the key judgments of the NIE, and that the NIE stated that Iraq was 'vigorously trying to procure' uranium."

http://corner.nationalreview.com/06_04_09_corner-archive.asp

[electropop]

1. Sounds like a minute technical correction.

The meaning is the same.

[davidwparker]

2. Agreed.

[rzemanfl]

9. "Key judgment" is a term of art regarding these NIE's so it is

more than just technical, but not a big deal except to Bushbots and their apologists.

[janx]

3. "Key Judgment"

He was to discuss key judgments but not reference Iraq's pursuit of uranium as being one of them.

[rzemanfl]

4. Don't know about source, but if true would be semi-significant

or HUGH!!!1 to those of a certain ilk.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

5. Seems Benign To Me. Just Expanding The Specificity.

In the first version, it comes off that though he was to say other things as well, that he would only offer one key judgement from the nie, whereas the second version makes it clear that he was to spread several key judgements from the nie in addition to the uranium claim.

[kpete]

8. thanks....

to all of you...

[MsKandice01]

6. This correction makes that statement more damning for Libby

What are these "key judgments" that he's referring to??

[rodeodance]

7. instead of 'the key', Fritz changes to 'some of the key"--meaning he has

broadened his statement. There were other key judgements-in the NIE.

Cleaver boy that Fritz.

...'Defendant understood that he was to tell Miller, among other things, that a key judgment of the NIE held that Iraq was 'vigorously trying to procure' uranium." That sentence should read, "Defendant understood that he was to tell Miller, among other things, some of the key judgments of the NIE, and that the NIE stated that Iraq was 'vigorously trying to procure' uranium."

[rodeodance]

10. for me this is significant--as it allows that other key things were in the

NIE statement that were downplayed by the WH.

[hootinholler]

16. I think that it could be significant because

In the original it states that a key judgement was that iraq was trying to obtain yellowccake. In the correction it states that he was allowed to release key judgements and the yellowcake thing, which perhaps was not a key judgement but rather something else included in the NIE he was instructed to push. Fitz doesn't want to conceed that point for the future because it will be relevant in future indictments.

-Hoot

[katty]

12. yes, very good!

[karlrschneider]

11. Looks like normal 'cleanup'...dotting is and crossing ts.

And looking back on what I wrote in the subj line, it seems dumb, but I believe it's grammatically correct. Reminds me of:

i before e except after c, what a weird society.

[pk_du]

13. Looks like a responsible correction of the language to me

The Uranium refernce wasnt in the "Key Judgements" section but was buried deeper in the NIE. So he had to break up the sentence to indicate Libby's claim that he was authorized to disclose BOTH the "Key Judgements" AND the "vigorously trying to procure" uranium.

However - according to all reports the word "vigorously" doesnt appear in any of the references to Uranium procurement effortds in the NIE.

ie it is in itself a LIE.

[poverlay]

14. Fitzy does his homework, and if he brings the hammer down on

the * crime family there will be no wiggling out due to misstatements or technicalities.

He is a frightning man to have investigating you.
I'm sure he's giving the crime administration nightmares.

[JerseygirlCT]

15. Am I reading this right?

Is it more expansive now?

1st version identifies "a" key judgement of the NIE - that Iraq was trying to obtain uranium.

2nd version has him telling Miller key judgements (plural) -- and also that, among other things.

Sounds like he was telling her more in the second version, no?

[Patsy Stone]

17. Yes

As it says in a post above, the Iraq info was not a "key judgment" but he was, no doubt, told to tell Judy about it. But, in order to do it, he could go ahead and leak several of the actual key judgments to cover that other leak.

My :tinfoilhat: moment: I think that the whole NIE "leak" was on purpose, to cover up the "real" leak: Valerie's name. Since they had to have some leak to pretend to cover and discuss with Fitz, it might as well be something useless that Judy probably knew already -- like the NIE info they spontaneously decided had to be declassified for the good of the country. :crazy:

ed: beacuse H2O Man pointed out the error of my ways. :) The title used to read: Yes and no.

[H2O Man]

18. Yes (and yes and yes)

Also consider the implication of David Schuster last night on MSNBC, saying that there is going to be renewed focus on what Scooter was telling Ms. Miller.

Things are good. Very good.

[Patsy Stone]

19. Things are good

and I should edit my post, because I began to write a different response completely, and never changed the subject line. Come to think of it, I don't even remember what my "no" was going to be.

As for Judy, I'm intrigues by the phrase, "among other things".

:hi:

ed: clarity and Judy