Breaking: Libby verdict reached.
By on Mar 6th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Breaking: Libby verdict reached.
CNN reports a verdict has been reached in the CIA leak trial of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby. The verdict is expected to be read in the courtroom at 12 p.m. ET.
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Guilty as ‘ell.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:35 amI don’t like it but I am going to guess that he will be found nto guilty. But as we all know from the OJ case, not guilty does not mean innocent.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:39 amCan Libby still give up Cheney for a lighter sentence?
March 6th, 2007 at 11:39 amTime to purchase that new pooper-protector.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:40 amAwaiting the verdict with bated breath.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:41 amI’m getting this bad feeling….
March 6th, 2007 at 11:41 amISNT IT GREAT WHEN YOU DONT REMEMBER ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE WRONG THAT GET YOU TRIED IN FEDERAL COURT ?
GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS.
SEND A MESSAGE.
THE IRAQ WAR WAS WRONG, AND SOLD WITH A LIE.
LIBBY’S LIE.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:41 amLet’s try Cheney for treason next.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:43 am2
No, it means injustice.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:44 amIT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS. IF LIBBY IS FREE, EITHER BY JURY OR PARDON, THEN THIS IS A JUST WAR!
March 6th, 2007 at 11:45 amIts the new “Procto-protecto” for white collar criminals entering jail, who don’t want Bruce the cellmate to be too invasive on the first day.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:47 am10
Are the caps necessary, bro?
March 6th, 2007 at 11:50 amIT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS. IF LIBBY IS FREE, EITHER BY JURY OR PARDON, THEN THIS IS A JUST WAR!
Comment by Real RedNeck
We can always count on your consistency, at being a simpleton.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:50 amYes he gets a wrist slap. Probably 2 years at Camp Cupcake prison, where he will play tennis and swim in a nice pool. He might fold some laundry > lol. Or Bush just might pardon him immediately?!
March 6th, 2007 at 11:51 amRead the verdict already. Its past time.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:52 amAnd if he is found innocent, then do we put Joe Wilson and Fitzpatrick on trial next?
March 6th, 2007 at 11:53 amHEADLINE:
Libby found guilty on 4 of 5 counts.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:56 amYEA!!!!!!!
For all the latest Libby trial news, legal documents, timelines and other essential materials surrounding the Bush administration’s outing of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame and its politics of payback against Joseph Wilson, see:
March 6th, 2007 at 11:56 am“The CIA Leak/PlameGate Resource Center.”
He’s guilty.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:56 amHooray – Scooter found GUILTY-Count1 & @
Not Guilty Count3
Real RedNeck – he’s certain of a prison sentence
Is your head spinning around that big fat redneck of yours now.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:57 amYES!!!
March 6th, 2007 at 11:57 amPatrick1, nice wish.
Libby is least guilty compared to his masters who put him up to it. The war is a farce.
Let the dominos fall. Who’s next?
March 6th, 2007 at 11:57 amGuilty on 4 of the 5. Not bad… I wonder if Bush will pardon him..
March 6th, 2007 at 11:58 amGuilty on 4-5 He been going to the big house
March 6th, 2007 at 11:58 amAnd if he is found innocent, then do we put Joe Wilson and Fitzpatrick on trial next?
Comment by Patrick1 — March 6, 2007 @ 11:53 am
Great timing, robot. The answer to your question is no, we put Cheney on trial next.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:58 am*sigh* #16…why? Was Starr put on trial?
March 6th, 2007 at 11:58 amTime for a Presidential Medal of Honor!
Finally, someone in the Bush administration has been held accoutable.
-GSD
P.S. It looks like Firedoglake has melted down.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:58 amEAT IT REDNECK.
IT’S NOT A JUST WAR.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:58 amguilty on all but count three.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:59 amGuilty on 4 of 5 counts. Fox news is already questioning the competence of the jury.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:00 pmReal Red Neck
You have got to be KIDDING!!
The war in Iraq is not on trial here, just one of the architects of it.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:00 pmA pardon would be as much of a justification of the war in Iraq as Bonnie excusing Clyde.
No matter the verdict, there’s no way to get past the real world damage this strategy of the Administration smearing any & all critics has done to US intelligence gathering capabilities
Valerie Plame’s job was to track and disrupt the transfer of WsMD to rogue regimes, groups and individuals, with Iran the focus of her attempts at the time of her outing
In the course of her efforts, she used a CIA front operation called Brewster Jennings, which meant that she had various dealings with undercover operatives, and double agents in other govts, around the world
So…..
How did outing Plame make this country safer as a result?
How did outing Plame make it easier to recruit the best and the brightest to help keep WsMD out of the hands of rogue regimes, groups and individuals?
When Plame was outed, it was inevitable that her CIA front of Brewster Jennings would be disclosed as well, thereby exposing all those undercover operatives and double agents in other Govts
How did outing Plame, and then Brewster Jennings make it easier to recruit the foreign operatives and double agents needed to keep WsMD out of the hands of rogue regimes, groups and individuals?
How did the Administration’s DELIBERATE outing of Plame increase the trust level between the White House and the CIA’s intelligence analysts?
Regardless of the verdict, the above questions still stand, since they cannot be answered in ways both logical and positive for the Administration
March 6th, 2007 at 12:00 pmAwesome!
I say he should go after Cheney next.
PS. Joe Wilson, Valerie Plame Wilson and Fitzpatrick are patriots of the highest order, something the right knows nothing about.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:00 pm#16,
Wrong again. One would think that you would get tired of being wrong all the time. But, as Forrest Gump would say, stupid is as stupid does. And Patrick(IQ of 1), you are as stupid as they get.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:00 pmWrong again. One would think that you would get tired of being wrong all the time.
Comment by Tuber — March 6, 2007 @ 12:00 pm
Patrick-the-talking-point-robot never gets tired of being wrong. Speaking of which, the robot’s clock needs resetting, since it has gotten badly out of time with reality.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:04 pm#30 I was going to guess that Fox would not even cover it unless it was innocent on all five counts. I thought forcertain they would cut to scenes of mourners at Anna Nicoles Grave.
So I’ve been wrong twice this morning.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:05 pmThe guilty verdict on the obstruction count is critical. Cheney was involved in the obstruction, according to Fitzgerald’s closing statement. I won’t be the least bit surprised to see Fitzgerald convene a new grand jury, and call Dick Cheney to testify. Will he refuse, citing some unknown theory of vice-presidential privilege? Will Bush use his unitary executive powers to intervene. Will Cheney show up and plead the fifth, or lie through his teeth?
March 6th, 2007 at 12:06 pmYes! 4 out of 5, not too shabby!
March 6th, 2007 at 12:13 pmNot a lot of troll action on this thread. I expected them to be here yapping about criminalizing politics. They must be trying to get organized before bombing the thread later today with nonsense.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:15 pm1) real rednecks don’t use computers. that ass is probably a commodities trader in chicago, or some such sh*t – give him the ignoring he deserves.
2) WHO IS GOING TO BE TRIED FOR TREASON??? now that it’s been PROVEN BEYOND A DOUBT that the BUSH ADMINISTRATION is TREASONOUS and TRAITOROUS?
BRING RIGHTY DOWN NOW!!!!
March 6th, 2007 at 12:20 pmNot a lot of troll action on this thread.
Comment by VerbalKint
They are all over at ‘Just One Minute’ crying in their soup.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:22 pmthis is actually more important to dick than scooter. this shows how involved dick was to discredit the cias finding and how bad dick was pushing for the war in iraq and the deep deception he would go to get us in there.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:25 pmThis trial was about this illegal war! GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY
March 6th, 2007 at 12:25 pmOkay Media, your job now is to continue asking the following question until we get something resembling a coherent answer from the administration:
“What did the President and Vice President know and when did they know it?”
March 6th, 2007 at 12:32 pmPatrick1,
You’ve been defending a multiple felon who compromised our national security as an act of partisan revenge and lied about it to the FBI. How does it feel to be an enabler of treason?
March 6th, 2007 at 12:34 pmHow does it feel to be an enabler of treason?
Comment by War4Sale — March 6, 2007 @ 12:34 pm
Patrick-the-talking-point-robot doesn’t have feelings.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:42 pmTo bad the Bush policy hasn’t taken hold of the Justice System yet. Libby was only lying to protect Cheney’s crimes. He did his job of spreading the CIA;s name and fake WMD information. Some Americans who support the LIAR-IN-CHIEF feel Libby should have been found not guilty as lying is part of the Bush Policy. Justice is used only on lying on Dems not GOP. Someone never told the jurors in this case that the rules had changed. Now Libby can fake his death like Kenny boy and join him on the island until things cool off, or ask Bush for the pardon. Now this is going to be tricky as Abramoff, Duke, Skilling and Ney are waiting for their pardon too.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:46 pmGonzales is doing his best to fire all lawyers who follow Justice and not the Bush policy so Fitzgerald will be fired for convicting Libby.
Revelation of Valerie Plame’s undercover op was treason.
March 6th, 2007 at 1:03 pmRove and Cheney go down next.
Righties love treason, as long as it’s vengeful and spiteful.
March 6th, 2007 at 2:15 pmTOO BAD WE DON’T HAVE Sammy Davis Jr. AROUND ANYMORE TO GIVE US AN UPLIFTING RENDITION OF “HERE COME THE JUDGE”! THAT WOULD MAKE Libby’s VERDICT AND READING OF THE CHARGES AGIN’ Scooter SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING AND LIVELY!!!!!
March 6th, 2007 at 2:19 pm