Bingo....

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Merry Fitzmas!

(NYT, Libby 5 counts, Rove legal jeopardy continues...)

And don't miss the Frogs....pretty funny.

Comments

kid oakland said…
Let's see what happens in an hour...

and as this story breaks nationally.
10:00 AM
&y said…
Inconvenient link (via atrios) to the indictments. here
10:17 AM
kid oakland said…
I'm watching on C-Span 2......

the picture is tiny...argh.

Is it just me, but does this sound like it raises many, many questions...that there's much more here...??
11:24 AM
&y said…
A few thoughts, mundane and otherwise...

1. Based on its appearance in both the indictments and at the news conference, I think Fitzgerald was outraged about Libby's "Now refer to me as 'a former Hill staffer'" bit. Pretty damn slimy. Malice aforethought. Etc.

2. When someone asks you if you requested indictments that the GJ did not return and you then look offstage for guidance before basically saying, "no comment"--I think it's pretty clear that the answer is not a straightforward "no." If that makes any sense.

3. If I were a government official involved in any way with this story (on the criminal side of the equation), I think I'd have been on the phone with my lawyer STAT just as soon as Fitzgerald started talking about the Espionage Act. That's the law that would freak me out.

Still processing...

The sun is filled with ice and gives no warmth at all.
--Willie Nelson
1:34 PM
awol said…
Three cheers for Linus!
3:11 PM
NYBri said…
wg:

kudos.

wow. I'm going to put that on my blog.
4:53 PM
Anonymous said…
A little human decency is remarkable in our moment.

Bravo, wg, for turning our eyes to it.
8:15 PM
Anonymous said…
I read PowerLine, RedState and BlogsForBush and they all said that Libby's goose is cooked. Well, Libby's goose is cooked.
9:34 AM
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