In Plame Leak Case, Judge Decries Leaks - (TPM-Muck)

[WillyT]

In Plame Leak Case, Judge Decries Leaks
By Paul Kiel - April 13, 2006, 12:39 PM

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Oh, irony of ironies.

Judge Reggie Walton, who's overseeing the Scooter Libby investigation, has warned the lawyers in the case that he might issue an order to stop them from leaking information to the press, adding that he will not "tolerate this case being tried in the media."

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Link: http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000367.php

Link to Judge's Order: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/libby-judge-ruling/?resultpage=1&

Any other filings\news going on today?

:shrug:

[stop the bleeding]

1. did you see the 54 pages of PDF's from last night yet

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x920067

[stop the bleeding]

2. looks like there is a show cause heraing on 04/21/06

thank you

[OldLeftieLawyer]

3. Filing, schmilings...........

That's what defense lawyers do - paper up the case so that the judge has so much crap to wade through, it takes longer and longer, witnesses get forgetful, things get postponed, people die or go missing, shit like that.

Pay absolutely no attention to this kind of nonsense, UNLESS Reggie Walton - who is a superb jurist - makes noise. Then, listen to him, and only to him.

The details in the filings - if anyone out there wastes their time reading them - are mindless, meant only to obfuscate and delay.

I know. I've done it myself. (Although never before Judge Walton. No way. He might be our new Hanging Judge, a la the late, great John Sirica.)

So, pay no attention to those filings. OK?

[Catherine Vincent]

4. Surely he's not directing that crap at Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald and his team doesn't leak.

[H2O Man]

5. No.

John D. Cline.

[stop the bleeding]

6. So then Mr. Cline will give a reponse to Walton's show cause

on the 21st?

[H2O Man]

8. I think that Judge Walton

is turning into what the OVP & Libby forces never imagined -- a firm but fair judge. As Merh has said on the various Plame threads, this is not the type of judge Libby wants.

I'd note that his defense team is very talented, and that they are going to let those who have been sharing information with the right-wing pundits know it is time to stop.

[stop the bleeding]

11. InternalDialogue hit right on the head in post# 7

this stopping of leaking should help in fighting the war of disinformation - at least in regards to this scandal.


I can't believe that our fate - the US that is, is in the hands of a few people.

Fitz, Walton, and the Wilson vs the dark side - Darth and company



These are dark days for walking the planet right now, dark days indeed.....

[WillyT]

12. I Agree... On All Points !!!

:mad::scared::mad:

[H2O Man]

14. Here Comes the Sun ....

...and it's alright.

[wordpix]

16. "fate of the US is in the hands of a few people:" I disagree. WE ALL can

and should give a hand to pull US out of the morass BushCo has put us in. It's our country, of, by and for US and not of, by and for the rich, the fundies, the neocons.

Do not sit back and be passive or the few hands of Fitz, Walton and Wilson won't be enough against the incompetence, corruption and evil that is BushCo.

On a bright note, a Repub. family member in DC tells me the Repugs are VERY DISORGANIZED. Time to step it up and go for the jugular.

[stop the bleeding]

19. I agree, but I think you are over-reaching on my points

this wasn't meant to be the holy word it was just to emphasize the good vs evil aspect.

I totally agree that we all can and do play a part in this and other matters concerning our country.

[wordpix]

10. thank you, lawyers, for helping me wade through the muck of this trial

I don't have time to read 54 pgs. of filings or 6000 so it's good to know what's important to read and what can be ignored.

Thanks again.

[InternalDialogue]

7. Didja notice, cat_girl25 --

the whole time Fitzgerald was pursuing his investigation, there was nary a peep from anyone on the prosecution side. We had to sit and wait and hope for news. As soon as charges are filed and the * administration has a player in the game, there's leaks out of the courtroom every day. They're like a mold that infects everything once they get in the door.

(No snark about your post -- it just seemed like the most appropriate place for my observation.)

[H2O Man]

9. Valid point.

Mr. Fitzgerald doesn't leak.

[Garbo 2004]

13. If recollection serves, the RW NY Sun had a story and a pdf available

of Fitz's April 5 filing online before the official site did.

How did that happen? Remember the blazing headlines that morning about Bush authorizing the leak of info? And the resulting media storm, with inaccurate headlines and retractions? Whose purposes did that serve to kick up dust and distraction? Not Fitz's team.

[stop the bleeding]

15. what official site are you talking about?

edit: this one?


http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/

[Garbo 2004]

20. I was thinking of Fitz's site. Reportedly it wasn't there yet. Don't know

about the pacer site (which obviously is official).

At any rate, no doubt Libby's team has been providing info to media for their own purposes. The Sun ran its story early Thursday morning as I recall which was picked up by the larger media and on Friday had an editorial slamming Fitz. The editorial looked like it could have been written by Libby's defense team.

[stop the bleeding]

22. yep,

I just wasn't sure how many site/sources were out there to release this king of information.

Thank you :yourock:

[H2O Man]

18. Also

the 4-11 letter from Fitzgerald to Judge Walton, which ended up in the hands of the NY Sun and Brit Hume-oids at Fox. It would have been made public in a short time, but they wanted to attack the NY Times, etc.

[DoYouEverWonder]

21. Yes, I noticed

I even posted a response asking to wait or find a more credible source.

Seems Team Libby or whoever was desperate the story came out pre-spun.

[Roland99]

17. Have him put a gag order on Libby like he did on Sibel