Olbermann to interview Joe Wilson tonight

[Patsy Stone]

Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted Tuesday of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI in an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity. Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was accused of lying and obstructing the investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity to reporters. He was acquitted of one count of lying to the FBI. Fitzgerald says Libby learned about Plame from Cheney and other officials in June 2003 and relayed it to reporters. Libby's defense team argued that Libby recalled his conversations to the best of his ability. Any inaccuracies he made to the FBI or a federal grand jury were the result of a faulty memory, attorneys said. Key to several charges were Libby's recollections of conversations he had with Tim Russert of NBC's "Meet the Press" and former Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper. During the trial, prosecutors said Libby made up a ludicrous lie to save his job during the CIA leak investigation by telling investigators he'd forgotten Cheney told him about the CIA status of Wilson's wife. Cheney had passed the information to Libby more than a month before Plame's identity was outed by conservative columnist Robert Novak.

Following are the individual charges and their corresponding verdicts:

Obstruction of justice: GUILTY

False statements to FBI investigators (Russert conversation): GUILTY

False statement to FBI investigators (Cooper conversation): NOT GUILTY

Perjury to the grand jury (Russert conversation): GUILTY

Perjury to the grand jury (Cooper conversation): GUILTY http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17479718/

Ambassador Joe Wilson and John Dean will join Keith tonight.

Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann broadcasts LIVE at 8 pm et, and the count is never complete without you. Join us.

We'll also look at all the political and legal implications.

That's some of what we're planning tonight.

[LSK]

1. is he coming back from vacation then?

[Patsy Stone]

3. It appears so.

He's also set to interview John Dean. I'm not sure if he'll be back in the studio, or do it as "local news" Keith from Tampa -- regardless, it's him!

[myrna minx]

2. This should be one amazing show tonight.

:toast:

[truebrit71]

4. No kidding...setting the Tivo now...

:thumbsup:

[myrna minx]

10. K&R. n/t

:hi:

[librechik]

5. hmm..it does say "Keith"

let's hope for the best

[Deb]

6. Thank you, Patsy n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. ALRIGHT! First Joe, then he interviews Valerie Plame on March 17 (?) I think that's the date. :)

Thanks for the heads up!

[Patsy Stone]

8. It's a St. Patrick's Day celebration times 2!

My pleasure.

[3waygeek]

14. March 17 is a Saturday

so I suspect you might be off by a day or two...

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. No. It's a 'special' he's doing on a Saturday night. I KNOW it's on a Saturday because I figured I'd

forget to watch...since it IS on a Saturday and I'm not use to tuning him in on the weekend. I'm pretty sure I have the correct date and POSITIVE it's his new Saturday night special.:)

[Cameron27]

9. I don't think KO would miss this,

I'm hoping for a Special Comment!

Thanks for posting :-) I can't wait!

[mzmolly]

11. Wow, it's going to be a great night!

:toast:

[Patsy Stone]

12. Set phasers on KILL!

:toast:

[Patsy Stone]

13. Turn on your TeeVees now. n/t

[bleever]

16. I predict this will happen.

Thanks for the heads up.