Posted on 09/30/2005 11:52:47 AM PDT by jimbo123
"We had signed a waiver more than a year ago," Attorney Joseph Tate said. "We didn't think this had anything to do with Scooter. I was under the impression from talking to (Miller attorney Floyd) Abrams that she was protecting a number of other sources."
I'm sorry, but this just does not pass the smell test.
If the Times said it, then that pretty much settles it.
I do not believe that a NY Times reporter would go to jail to protect anyone connected with Bush/Cheney. There is more to this.
I read somewhere else this morning that part of the deal was that Miller only had to answer questions about Libby. Sounds like she got out of jail and can still protect her other sources.
Somethin' ain't right.
Sounds like another demoncrap smear job to me (with which the MSM will gladly play along of course).
This, as you say, does not pass the smell test. My first night in jail, I would be demanding that my lawyers procure a release from whoever, I would certainly not sit there in stripes, wondering, and not request that which apparently has been available all along.
Journalists think we are all stupid.
BINGO
"We had signed a waiver more than a year ago," Attorney Joseph Tate said. "We didn't think this had anything to do with Scooter. I was under the impression from talking to (Miller attorney Floyd) Abrams that she was protecting a number of other sources."
And it soulds like the agreement with Fitzgerald for her testimony about her conversations with Libby will not compel her to talk about the other sources...most likely these other source(s) are the actual original source(s) of the identity leak.
At least her Libby testimony could potentially clear Libby of any obstruction charges.
why the hell is Mr Tate even taking these phone calls? this "personal waiver" is all grandstanding and part of the Dems spin machine, why play into it? why didn't he just hang up the phone and tell Miller's lawyer - "our obligation on the waiver is complete".
to be fair, although that is the reported story (about Fitzgerald protecting her other soruces) - we don't know if that is true.
if it turns out that it is true, then Fitzgerald has caved, and the best we can hope for from this is that he closes up shop and doesn't indict either Rove or Libby.
She apparently thought she'd become a hero in the media if she went to jail. Having done that, she decided she wanted out.
It'll be real interesting to see if her testimony is of any value.
Did Fitzgerald say there was an agreement protecting all of Miller's other sources besides Libby?
I agree. In fact I will go further and say we don't know if any of what has been reported on this case is true. Fitzgerald seems to run a pretty tight ship and the few leaks that come out are from "anonymous sources" that have a horse in the race.
Wife of Clinton crony/defender/employee Mandy Grunwald.
Hillary Clinton threw the baby shower for Mr. Cooper's son.
Do you think that she will be all over TV on Sunday peddling her story of principled protection of her sources, now magnamously lifted?
Shouldn't any article by Pete Yost have a barf alert? I mean, even if he reports the weather, he would find a way to give it a lefist spin.
"Continued sunny weather continues to pose a problem for the white house..."
its already starting.
"Did Fitzgerald say there was an agreement protecting all of Miller's other sources besides Libby?"
Who knows? But there is this part from yesterday's WaPo article:
"One lawyer involved in the case said Miller's attorneys reached an agreement with Fitzgerald that may confine prosecutors' questions solely to Miller's conversations with Libby. Bennett, reached last night, said he could not discuss the terms of the agreement for Miller's testimony. Abrams did not return a call seeking comment."
This leads me to believe there was a deal on protecting other sources. It all seems very strange.
WaPo link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/29/AR2005092901974_2.html
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