the thing I find fascinating about this thread is that people who spend a lot of time yelling about what the law does not require in ohter context seem to feel that the principle of the jury as finders of fact is insufficent when they do not like the outcome.
By the way,Hatton, thank you for your answer earlier. In order to actually decide what I think though I'd have to go look at exactly what she said under oath. The snippet you posted seems to be saying "my husband might be able to do this. Or not, if you don't like the idea." Not exactly a formal recommendation. But life is too short to argue about this, especially since Plame is irrelevant to Libby really, as Gruss points out. On 7/4/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > Libby had nothing to do with the leak, it was Armitage, and Fitzgerald > > wouldn't say if a law was even broken, > Too much Rush has turned your brain to mush. Here are the facts of > the case - and they're simple: > > (1.) The CIA requested that the Justice dept look into the outing of > one of their undercover operatives - yes, the *CIA* says Plame was > covert. Quibble, but that's what THEY say, and THEY requested the > investigation. Your opinion on Plame is irrelevant. > > (2.) Fitzgerald had to halt his investigation because, in his words, > Libby "threw sand in the eyes of the umpire" meaning that Fitzgerald > could not finish his investigation because Fibby was obstructing the > investigation. > > (3.) Because Fibby was obstructing the investigation, Fitzgerald > charged him with a felony obstruction and perjury. > > (4.) A grand jury, a jury, and 3 Bush appointed judges found Fibby > guilty and worthy of jail amongst other punitive actions for his > obstruction. (According to you they were all duped by Russert) > > (5.) While Armitage may have been *A* leaker, Fitzgerald, (a.) could > not charge him under the law, but (b.) could not finish his > investigation for OTHER LEAKERS due to Fibby's obstruction. > > Finally, Bush the Scooter Commuter, took action for any or all of 3 reasons: > > 1.) He felt there was a miscarriage of justice. (this is not the case > since he let the verdict stand and said that himself.) > > 2.) Cheney cashed in his chips to get his buddy outa jail (or used his > Dark Overlord powers) > > 3.) Bush knew that Scoots in jail was a ticking time bomb. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237797 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
