The new papers show Libby testified he was told about Plame by Cheney "in an off sort of curiosity sort of fashion" in mid-June—before he talked about her with Miller and Time magazine's Matt Cooper. Libby's trial has been put off until January 2007, keeping Cheney off the witness stand until after the elections.Oh wait, Dick--wouldn't someone harming the interests of our nation be committing some form of terrorism? In that case, no indictment, no trial, and no acknowledgment of their disappearance. Just a nice cold cell in an undisclosed location, punctuated by whatever Alberto "Tortureboy" Gonzalez says is permissible, which means, as I recall, any infliction of pain up to the point of organ failure. And since Tortureboy will be in Congress next week to defend some other illegal practices, why not get him to renew his declaration that torture is necessary--if fact, it's the greatest pleasure he ever experienced since coaching Chimpie when to throw the switch on Texas' death row inmates.
That's what this should be, IF, that is, the Democrats don't do their usual complete retreat, duck and cover on impeachment and if the rest of the mainstream media does its usual thing and gives endless airtime to administration hacks who will spin this to mean that well, even if the CIA said she was a covert agent, it doesn't really mean that if Chimpie or Cheney thinks otherwise.
Courage or gutlessness? Placing any bets?
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Please bear in mind, Olaf, that Libby's defense team would be unable to come to trial in September of this year, as originally scheduled, because of a "schedualling conflict." Sources close to the Libby defense team suggest they are tied up in defending a barking-dog case, so it seems entirely reasonable that Libby's trial be put off until February of 2007. Thought you'd like to know.
Why don't they put it off until 2009, when Cheney's already dead?
Neil,
Your post suggests you concede that Cheney is alive now. May I remind you that 80 per cent of the dry weight of feces is bacteria? Keep up the good work!
That's being alive, after a fashion. The Dickster becomes immortal through bacterial transfer.
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