Fitz arrives for court

[dancingme]

He looks ready to deliver his closing.



Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald arrives at federal court in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)



Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald arrives at federal court for the perjury trial of Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, former chief of staff to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, in Washington February 20, 2007. Attorneys are due to make their closing arguments in the perjury case against Libby on Tuesday. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES)

[rsmith6621]

1. Who Cares Anymore....

Cheney wasn't called......Scooter trial ain't going to do anything to encourage congress to investigate the corpution around the Iraq occupation nor is it going to bring down the * administration any lower than it is.....frankly the trial was a waste of my tax $$$$.


In all do reality the trail was that lil clip between OBITS and the Auto sale at the Dodge dealership...most people still don't know it happened...

Plame doesn't get her justice

[H2O Man]

2. silly n/t

[displacedtexan]

3. I care.

As long as the spotlight is on even one of the many lies of this administration,
I care.

[dancingme]

4. would you rather the media focus on Britney Spears' head?

and Anna Nicole's baby?

[Sydnie]

5. She'll bust it wide open with the civil suit

Don't misunderestimate her, Joe, and their lawyers. Or Fitz.

[npincus]

7. oh yeah? Murray Waas speculates Cheney on prosecutor's radar:

http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/021907nj1.htm

If Libby is found guilty, investigators are likely to probe further to determine if Libby devised what they consider a cover story in an effort to shield Cheney. They want to know whether Cheney might have known about the leaks ahead of time or had even encouraged Libby to provide information to reporters about Plame's CIA status, the same sources said.

Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and defense attorneys for Libby are expected to begin their closing arguments in the case as early as Tuesday morning. Defense attorneys for Libby had said for months that they were going to call Cheney as a defense witness, but informed Federal District Court Judge Reggie Walton, who has presided over the Libby trial, at the last minute that they were not going to call him after all.

Had Cheney testified, he would have been questioned about whether he encouraged, or had knowledge of, the leaking of Plame's CIA status. Sources close to the case say that Cheney would have also been sharply questioned as to why, when presented by Libby with what prosecutors regarded as a cover story to explain away Libby's role in the leak, Cheney did nothing to discourage him.

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"If Cheney was merely showing surprise and interest at what Libby indicating to him he was going to tell investigators, then the vice president is innocent in the exchange," Richman said. "But if he had reason to believe, or personal knowledge, that what Libby was planning to say was untrue then there is good reason to view Cheney's conduct in an entirely different light -- an obstruction interpretation."

[jazzwinders]

10. I care n/t

[Annces]

6. Go Fitz!

[Catherine Vincent]

8. I'm praying for ya Fitz!

[Dora]

9. self-delete. Mis-post. n/t

[Catherine Vincent]

11. I can see it now...

If this jury somehow finds I. Louis Libby "Not Guilty" (God forbid), a lot of DUers will fault Patrick Fitzgerald for it.

[H2O Man]

12. Won't happen.

Scooter will be convicted.

[Catherine Vincent]

13. I sure hope so!

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