Mother Jones: The "Some Other Dude Did It" Defense of I. Lewis Libby

[PhilipShore]

Mother Jones
November 18, 2005
By Elizabeth de la Vega

http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2005/11/libby_defense.html

As it stands now, Libby is on record as saying that he first learned Joseph Wilson's wife worked for the CIA from the Vice President. (That he had to admit, since he had notes reflecting the conversation.)

Shortly after Vice President Cheney's former Chief of Staff, I. Lewis ("Scooter") Libby, was indicted for obstructing justice and making false statements to a government agent and a grand jury, Libby's attorneys suggested that they would use the standard he's-a-busy-man-who-can't-remember-everything defense.

But now, with Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's revelation that a senior administration official other than Libby told him, in mid-June 2003, that Joseph Wilson's trip to Niger had been arranged by Wilson's CIA operative wife Valerie Wilson, it appears the Libby team has added another favorite, the SODDI Defense -- as in, "Some Other Dude Did It." Unfortunately for Libby, that turkey won't fly. Here's why.