Libby a Scapegoat, His Lawyer Tells Jurors

[spanone]

EVERYTING WE HAD HOPED FOR!!!!

~snip~ WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 — The chief defense lawyer for I. Lewis Libby Jr. told a jury today that his client was innocent of perjury and obstruction of justice charges and that White House officials had sought to make him a scapegoat in the investigation of the leak of a C.I.A. operative’s name to protect Karl Rove, the White House deputy chief of staff.

In his opening statement, Theodore V. Wells Jr., said that the unnamed White House officials wanted to protect Mr. Rove because they believed his survival as President Bush’s political adviser was crucial to saving the Republican Party. ~snip~

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/washington/23cnd-libby.html?hp&ex=1169614800&en=a4c42e9196fba8af&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[myrna minx]

1. Thanks for the link!

:hi:

[Behind the Aegis]

2. If he is just the "scapegoat,"...

...then he needs to expose the real culprits!

[spanone]

5. It's only day one!

[emulatorloo]

3. I thought the Fitz stuff on Cheney's involvement was more newsworthy

that libby's lame ass crybaby defense.

Odd that NYT chose not to highlight Cheney's behind the scenes orchestration of the whole leak w their headline and lead.

[Supersedeas]

4. short term political ends justify almost anything else for this crew--plausible.

[zbdent]

6. I would tell the jury ...

"Okay, where's his proof that he was a scapegoat?"

[Missy Vixen]

7. Call the WAAAAAMbulance!

Scooter's having a terrible, horrible, no good, VERY bad day.

It couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Julie