Judge Walton-Discloses That He & His Family Have Been Threatened By Libby's Fan Club

[kpete]

“Walton: Disclosing that he has received many angry letters in response to the sentencing, wishing bad things to him and his family. He had thrown away a few, but then decided he had better begin to save them, in the event someone were to act on these threats, a record would need to remain.”

My God. It just shows how dangerous Libby and his fan club really are. Chilling.

http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/06/14/sentencing-scooter-live-blog-part-i/#comment-760562


WASHINGTON (Map, News) - The federal judge who oversaw I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's CIA leak trial said Thursday that he received threatening letters and phone calls after sentencing the former White House aide to prison.

"I received a number of angry, harassing mean-spirited phone calls and letters," U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said. "Some of those were wishing bad things on me and my family."

Walton made the remarks as he opened a hearing into whether to delay Libby's 2 1/2-year sentence. He said he was holding the letters in case something happened but said they would have no effect on Thursday's decision.

http://www.examiner.com/a-780438~CIA_Leak_Trial_Judge_Received_Threats.html

[Patsy Stone]

1. This needs to be spread to all of the media outlets.

Just amazing.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Dont' want a conservative to be held to justice

Party of responsibility and integrity. Law and order. Rule of Law. Chest pounding.

[sabra]

3. Walton just got promoted to be on the FISA court - they are messing with the wrong man...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=959611

[H2O Man]

4. Think about that.

This is a group that will not let go of power willingly.

Think of the type of person who would threaten a federal judge. Think of the type of thug who would threaten the judge's family. Sounds familiar to those who went after Plame.

[shain from kane]

You mean, think of Cheney?

[Orsino]

13. I suspect it's on auto-pilot, actually.

A few right-wing wackos understand the symbolic importance of a senior White House official's actually serving jail time, and are therefore driven to threaten the judge.

[Bucky]

20. Right. This is exactly how Rove & the Bushies keep their fingerprints off the threats

They don't have to coordinate the threats. They just keep the crowd whipped up and these solutions end up creating themselves.

[Orsino]

26. I think they're losing their grip on the thirty-percenters...

...but yeah, there will always be a few at the end of the bell curve who will support the right-wing agenda, or the Republican party, with terroristic threats and even violence.

[Gman]

53. Nobody has a grip on the thirty-percenters

they are not controllable because they're nuts.

[Cha]

19. Precisely!

They're all treasonous buzzards circling together.

[antigop]

23. Chilling....absolutely chilling n/t

[TahitiNut]

39. Envision a burning cross on Judge Walton's lawn.

Same gene pool.

[badgerpup]

52. Good thing this is a Christian nation...

...and we don't go in for that 'fatwa' shit.
:sarcasm:

[H2O Man]

54. 16th Street Baptist Church

Earlier this week, I watched Spike Lee's documentary "4 Little Girls." I had turned to from the news after seeing the report on another attack on a mosque, and was flipping through HBO to see if there was anything to distract me from the horrors of the violence in the Middle East.

When I heard about the threats to Judge Walton, I thought about how parts of this country really haven't changed since the day that the 16th Street church was bombed.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_n8_v27/ai_19897906

[Morgana LaFey]

44. Yeah, I'm thinking more "colleague" or "hired gun of colleagues" than

"fan club," but then I'm the ultra-cynical (and not often wrong about these things) sort. :shrug:

[KittyWampus]

51. Two judges died from "accidents" and a third quit- all within a short period of time

I forget which state...

The two who died were women, one from drowning in her pool.

[NewJeffCT]

62. These RWers certainly have no shame

Remember, Tom DeLay was complaining about activist judge Tony Scalia a year or two back when Scalia ruled against him.

And, if Reggie Walton was appointed by Team Bush, you can be sure his RW credentials were thoroughly vetted before he was nominated for his position.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. These people are crazy and dangerous

Let's hope they are investigated and prosecuted for threatening a judge.

[rurallib]

6. I fear that when we win in 2008 some of these nutcases will

try to be heroes and do something really stupid. Winning by bullying, lying and cheating is their style and they will not take defeat lightly.

[Cha]

25. Their plan..the rove plan was

to keep republicon control like FOREVER. The plan backfired and hundreds of thousands of innocent people were sacrificed but that's not enough for them. They'll start assassinating if they're losing control.

We are dealing with the greediest, most evil assholes in the world here.

Edit~spelling~

[Horse with no Name]

34. We are STILL dealing with the ones

that had their hands in the assassinations of both Kennedy's and MLK. They've never gone away.
I agree--a Democratic President had better watch his step.

[Cha]

35. Precisely~

It's about time some justice came their way and they were rounded up for crimes against humanity and also indicted for the war criminals they are.

[rurallib]

36. Sadly, I am not just talking about President or elected officials

These idiots will probably be going after local progressives. Kind of like the KKK used to do, just to spread a little terror.

[tom_paine]

42. They may have already started with a few Right-Wing Death Squads

I don't have the research or the links, my apologies, so take this or leave this as anecdotal, but here on DU I have seen, at least twice and possibly as many as six times, death of upper ecehlon liberal activists...I should say just below the upper ecehlon who's names are not well-known and who's deaths passed unheralded except by their families and a handful of liberal sites like DU.

One was mysteriosuly shot by a "holdup man" who absconded with...nothing. Bet a check would reveal the Loyal Bushies are still looking for the real killer.

One mysterious "leapt" to his death from a deserted upper floor of a high rise. He was never suicidal and told people, I recall, he was heading for a meeting.

Those are the two I remember strongly, I belive there are a handful of others.

It goes without saying that this is speculation...and with not a shred of proof to back it up rather a wad of circumstantial evidence and supposition. So take it for what it is, I am NOT saying it's 100% certainty.

But what if the most virulent of the Freeps, or even with connections to actual Royal Bushies, have formed their own Right-Wing Death Squads and they are just sort of running trial runs by whacking some prominent, but not famous, liberals and activists who worked very damned hard and advanced the Democratic/liberal cause in so many ways.

Look at wat that 30% of the populace has become, by and large. Look at the insanity of the Freepers and these Extreme Freepers, if you will, who are crazy enough to threaten a Federal Judge and perhaps connected enough, as I believe the Anthrax Mailer Assassin was, to know that Loyal Bushies will ensure the investigation tanks and they remain free, as the Anthrax Mailer Assassin.

I don't know that this is happening but I do know my history, and based on what is happening in this country it simply cannot be ruled out.

[Morgana LaFey]

45. Or Blackwater folks, under orders? or CIA loyalists?

Getting suicided seems to be a favorite CIA trick.

I'm glad you pointed this out. I hope you'll make a study of this and provide some documentation if possible. This is an IMPORTANT insight.

Edit: My main point is to suggest that you NOT consider it freelancing by people not actually connected to TPTB. It could be, but I think it's more likely not amateurs.

[tridim]

55. I want to know who Blackwater will take orders from after 2008

This is a serious question that must be answered completely and with zero uncertainty.

It should be being asked by Congress immediately.

[Morgana LaFey]

63. Boy, THAT's a good question, and well put too.

Gives me the shivers.

[Virginian]

61. Are these the new "Elite Republican Guard?"

I believe the original Elite Republican Guard that protected Saddam was disbanded.

[Fridays Child]

7. AKA freepturds?

[Horse with no Name]

8. It's not surprising

It's their modus operandi.
It isn't by accident that nobody from their side ever gets assassinated. We aren't wired the same way they are.

[pscot]

9. Probably not the smartest move

If you're trying to create a positive vibe for Scooter. But Freepers are an impulsive lot. They can't really be expected to think things through.

[Mz Pip]

10. Like that will work.

I see the law of unintended consequences here. Can't imagine Walton would be impressed with the threats and end up releasing Libby because of them. More likely he'll send the turd directly to the slammer.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Demeter]

32. The Law Of Unintended Consequences Started With Valerie Plame

Cheney's little hissy fit destroyed all of Karl's lovely jury-rigging of the government and the meltdown began. Otherwise, we might never have gotten to this point until after it was too late.

[myrna minx]

11. it's rather chilling that these thugs feel safe and free to threaten Federal Judges. n/t

[Patsy Stone]

12. Guardian UK link to AP story re: threats

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6709227,00.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal judge who oversaw I. Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby's CIA leak trial said Thursday that he received threatening letters and phone calls after sentencing the former White House aide to prison.

``I received a number of angry, harassing mean-spirited phone calls and letters,'' U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said. ``Some of those were wishing bad things on me and my family.''

Walton made the remarks as he opened a hearing into whether to delay Libby's 2 1/2-year sentence. He said he was holding the letters in case something happened but said they would have no effect on Thursday's decision.

Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, argues that he shouldn't have to report to prison until his appeals have run out.

[dogday]

14. I hope all judges take heed and

get angry... These pukes always resort to threats, it is their mantra and it needs to be exposed and stopped....

[Catherine Vincent]

15. That just goes to show you that if the Judge of the Libby case has

received threats, then you know Patrick Fitzgerald has.

[Cha]

16. Wonder if those

fucking idiots think they're doing scooter any good?

They're all a like..libby and his fan club. All about threats, intimidation and crossing the line. Lying and treason are right up their collective alley.

Edit~ Recommended~

[blogslut]

17. Good vibes to Judge Walton

May your ruling be just.

[Wiregrass Willie]

18. I wonder how many were churned out by the AIPAC ? n/t

[HowHasItComeToThis]

21. THIS WILL NOT BE COVERED BY THE MEAN SCREAM MEDIA

JUST DAMN PUPPETS OF THE MONSTERS THEY CREATED.

[Gregorian]

22. This is how Rove has been operating. This is how they made their way.

I've seen it in hearings. The fear. I've said it before that Rove has an invisible gun to the head of everyone who even thinks about dissenting from his predetermined plans. Senators are even frightened to present Rove with a subpoena.

We're talking about very basic tenets of our society today as we watch the revealing of a covert CIA agent going all but ignored by those holding power.

I still say that there is a ground plane of common sense. There was a concerted effort by racketeers to reveal Plames identity. That is was deadly as a gun to the head. And that is the common sense bottom line. Period. One cannot spin that. Saddam didn't do it. Valerie didn't do it.

Often the biggest bully is actually the individual with the most fear.


Who's afraid of the big bad Rove? Time's up, bully.

[Robbien]

24. Not sure it is all Rove, but the fear tactics sure are a tool of the RNC

They probably don't have any dirt on this judge so are using another one of the dirty tricks in their bag. They are having their crazy keyboard commandos go all crazy with the calls/letters threat campaign.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

29. THIS PERIOD OF AMERICAN HISTORY WILL BE KNOWN AS

THE DARKNESS OF THE BULLIES

[defendandprotect]

27. Government by assassination and threats --

The media don't want to have to deal with government by assassination and neither does Congress.
There have long been rumors of threats to and wiretapping of Congressional members -- and others.
And we have a long list of acts of political violence in America -- including corruption of our voting process.

When the first acts of violence aren't investigated and those responsible held accountable, then the way is clear for the rest of it.

[Morgana LaFey]

47. Exactly. And that started with JFK's assassination, at least.

Maybe earlier.

[Marr]

28. The threat of violence to achieve political goals... I could swear there's a word for that.

Or right- terrorism.

FBI? Hello?

[Quantess]

30. Just curious,

A federal judge, of all people, did not start saving those horrible "threatening letters" right away?

[Annces]

49. I think this case really threw him

He was sick half of the time.

[kestrel91316]

31. Is it fascism yet?

[Demeter]

33. Not Quite--Hanging By a Hair or Two

a few good men and women are all that stand between the nation and the Apocalyse.

[progressoid]

37. Libby fan club?

Hate to know what sort if initiation is involved to join.

[Disturbed]

38. "the former White House aide"

This is downplaying Libby's job. He was the Chief of Staff for the VP, not a flunky.

[L. Coyote]

40. Better send a note to DoJ. They might not recall a phone call!

[spanone]

41. Rabid supporters of a CONVICTED FELON.

[Annces]

43. Yep. I noticed the first letter in the giant PDF of letters

released by Walton was one written by anonymous who said he was afraid of the Bush people and I thought Walton put that at the top for a reason.

[lovuian]

46. I have to say Walton did do some great things in the Libby

trial but we should have nailed Rove and Cheney

[Major Hogwash]

48. Even though the judge is a Republican appointed by President Bush senior!!

They don't care!
They don't want anyone to be held accountable while a Republican is President in this country.
They don't think Republicans should be held accountable for their actions - even if those actions are committing treason!!

"Valerie Plame is not a covert CIA agent." - Mary Matalin
"He (Libby) did nothing wrong, he didn't break the law." - Mary Matalin
"This case should never have gone to court in the first place." - Mary Matalin

Mary Matalin, former member of Cheney's staff.
Just like Scooter Libby - Cheney staff confidant!!
Inner circle, man.

Man, oh man, they just hate it when justice prevails, don't they?
6 years of breaking the laws of the Constitution and yet they can't stand it when someone applies one of the fundamental tenets of law - lying to a grand jury - found guilty by a jury of his peers.
The law was upheld, and yet they are freaking out, running and kicking and screaming "it's not fair, Mom."

This is for you, Mary Matalin!
Libby did all of this for you.
He lied, and he got caught, and now he's going to jail.
All for you.
For you and your ex-boss, Cheney.

Don't you have any shame, Mary Matalin?
Don't you have any guilty feelings over this, Mary Matalin?

You should.
Scooter is going to the slammer for 30 months for you and Cheney.

Spin that!

While Karl Rove will be running around scot-free, drinking champagne cocktails, smoking fine cigars, and dancing at White House balls, a pillar of society, a free man.

[kimmylavin]

57. Okay, he is.

I was wondering about that, and it was going to be my next search.
Has this man now turned from being a Republican appointee to an "activist" in their language?

[Cass]

50. These kind of wingnut whackos get whipped into a frenzy by Hannity, Limbaugh and their ilk.

They are dangerous people. Hope the judge has some tight security on him and his family.

[napi21]

56. With all the FBI spying going on, why haven't they arrested those

people? It's a felony to threaten a Prez, and I have to believe it's just a serious a crime to threaten a Fed. Judge!

[kimmylavin]

58. Because!

Because they've only been keeping tabs on liberals.
They don't have any evidence against conservatives!

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

59. This is further proof of the type of LOW characters we're dealing with in this regime.

Incredible!!!

[AspenRose]

60. I'm surprised he hasn't received anthrax in the mail yet.

Seriously.

I certainly don't wish it on him, to be sure, but Leahy and Daschle came to mind reading this. "They" still haven't "caught" who sent them anthrax. Wonder why.... :think:

These evil bastards are so freaking transparent....