Posted on 10/28/2005 9:45:41 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Libby indicted on obstruction of justice, false statment and perjury charge...
lame
Confirmed on Fox, Libby indicted on 5 charges.
5 Count Indictment.
5 counts on indictment per MSNBC.
Gotta prove it in court, though.
He lied about where he keeps his nail clippers?
So any charge on the underlying "crime?"
We have a great administration in the Whitehouse right now. If the democrats had gone after Clinton's purgery, obstruction of justice, and lying to the American people with the same fervor, it would have taken half the time at half the price! Plus, Libby is just council. Imagine if he were the President!!
The Bush administration handled this very well. We should be proud.
Fitz is probably trying to pressure him hoping Libby will turn on someone else.
What's their evidence of this?
no indictment for an actual crime. talk radio will be all over this.
No no, that's only if you're a democrat.
Wow. Simply amazing.
First witness called to the stand,
JOE WILSON !
Second witness called to the stand,
VALERY PLAME !
What we can conclude from this is that no one criminally leaked Plame's name.
I never imagined we'd see true political persecution in the US. Maybe I was just naive.
plea bargin admit to the lying chare and do a Martha Stewart.
They have 20 pages in the the indictment packet that just came out, it should be on this site. http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/index.html at any time.
He has my prayers and anything else I can provide.
wilson and plame under oath. hey hey.
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, was indicted Friday on five charges that include obstruction of justice, making false statements and perjury in the investigation into the leak of a covert CIA agent’s name.
The indictment could trigger a shake-up at the White House, already on the defensive over the response to Hurricane Katrina, opposition to the Iraq war and the withdrawal of President Bush’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Harriet Miers.
Details were to be outlined at 2 p.m. ET, when Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald will hold a press conference at the Justice Department. The grand jury that handed up the indictment had been hearing the case for nearly two years and its term expires Friday.
Fitzgerald and his investigators have been trying to determine whether Libby or any other administration officials knowingly revealed the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame or lied about their involvement to investigators. Her husband is diplomat Joseph Wilson, an opponent of the Iraq war who challenged Bush’s assertion that Saddam Hussein was trying to secure nuclear materials.
YOU CAN READ THE REST HERE MSNBC
For the liberals this truly is the Nightmare of Fitzmas ... no charges for "outing" a CIA Agent so that whole lie can be shelved alongside Joe Wilson's big lies about it.
It is actually a crime to obstruct justice, to perjure yourself, etc.
So he's resigned right? Well, if it turns out he did this stuff, I say good riddance.
Where did he Obstruct Justice (the Administration of Justice)?
The Prosecuter sent Tate a letter saying that he would not look upon the letter to Miller as Obstruction. The US Attorney will have to prove that he corrupted her testimony in the context of the letter he sent to Tate.
lame is right
Special Prosecutors are the Torquemadas of our day
minus the nifty information extracting techniques
Fitzgerald's office was very suspect in the leaks and dragging this out for maximum effect.
again...the GOP....falls on it's sword to unimpressed liberals
This reminds me of Bill Clinton, but there's no blue dress.
If purgery is a felony, why is Bill Clinton still allowed to vote?
What do you think of Jeb? Think he would have a good chance running?
You won't hear that on any news outlet except for Fox.
DUmmies are VERY quiet right now.. LOL!
Are you now, or have you ever been, a conservative? Answer the question!
Well DU got its Fiztmas present. Libby is like getting underwear from Grand=Ma.
no, that is not what fitz was brought in for.
Just a thought, but.....
Does anyone think since Libby was NOT indicted for the "outing" of Plame, then Fitzgerald's "continuing investigation" of Rove could be for the stronger charge of "outing" Plame?
Just wondering.............
And now President Bush can finally shut down the liberal government jobs program known as the CIA. Hope it was worth it, comrades!
DUmbstruck.
Clintonistas:
• Lying under oath to a federal judge - a crime U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright determined that President Clinton committed in the Paula Jones sexual harasssment case. Legal resolution: No criminal indictment.
• Lying under oath to a federal grand jury - as Independent Counsel Ken Starr found President Clinton had done in the Monica Lewinsky investigation. Legal resolution: No criminal indictment.
• Lying under oath both to Congress and to federal investigators - as Independent Counsel Robert Ray concluded that Mrs. Clinton had done in the Travel Office probe. Legal resolution: No indictment
• Hiding evidence from Starr's Whitewater investigation - as the Senate Banking Committee concluded Mrs. Clinton did in the case of her missing Rose Law firm billing records. Legal resolution: No criminal referral, no indictments.
2 mil + ripped off from taxpayers so fitzy can play twister with chrissy matthews....lame
What? No treason charges? The left is going to freak!
So if Libby was dating Miller, why isn't she indicted too?
I'd like to wade through it but I lack the time ... gonna have to wait till someone can summarize it. Thanks for the link. I will scan it.
Nope. Trying to use Scooter to work the "Conspiracy" angle.
Fitzgerald looks like a cop who was sent out to investigate a murder and caught somebody driving 10 miles over the speed limit through the murder scene.
A few thoughts on this very bad news.
The "new tone" was, perhaps, worth a try when George W. Bush went to Washington. It worked in Texas. But a year with the vipers in D.C. should have convinced the Bush White House that the only way to deal with political enemies in D.C. was in full battle mode. It never happened. The administration has publicly remained mute and unresponsive in the face endless outrageous attacks made on it by the lying press, the Dems, and the leftists. The administration never responds publicly. It just sits on its hands and lets the WH press secretary, a man who barely has the skills to be a spokesman for a small, rural school district, handle the snakes. The snakes you treated like a box of newborn kittens have now inflicted a serious wound on your presidency, Mr. President.
An administration skilled in doing battle in public might pull out of this. But this White House has never fought publicly against its political enemies. I sincerely hope that will change. The MSM now has the weapons to defeat the complete Bush domestic agenda if the White House reverts to form of not going after its political enemies publicly, including those in the press. The press and their Democrat masters will now start trying to criminalize Cheney and Bush. The chants of "corruption" and "criminal" will be loud and unceasing. It's already started. Unless this administration's customary weak response to political attacks is changed now, this will soon become a caretaker government.
Joe Wilson is one of many snakes the administration has treated like a kitten. Instead of multiple administration officials openly, forcefully, and repeatedly calling Wilson a liar, which he is, the White House played back channel games with the press (more snakes) to induce the MSM to expose Wilson. Fat chance. And that unwillingness to do public battle has led to this situation.
I feel sorry for Libby. There was no crime, yet he is charged with something that allegedly happened during the "investigation". This is an outrage against justice. Sadly, I have to point out that Martha Stewart was prosecuted and jailed for the same sort of thing by the Bush justice department. It won't be easy for the administration to argue this is unfair when it's done the same thing itself.
Who was the genius who agreed to hire Fitzgerald, maybe the most aggressive prosecutor in America, as the Special Prosecutor? Another snake in the cradle. There wasn't an inexperienced pacifist like Ken Starr available? Was Fitzgerald suggested by one of the Clinton DOJ holdovers the Bush team so foolishly failed to fire when they took over? More snakes treated as kittens.
As much as I despise Clinton, his team was always on the political offensive and usually way ahead of the curve. On domestic issues, the Bush team is always on its heels and doesn't seem to understand there even is a curve.
Bottom line: in the D.C. political wars, the White House is no place for a conscientious objector.
The political capital we worked so hard to give George W. Bush is close to being spent.
If the White House doesn't take the offensive quickly, the House and Senate could be lost. If we can't hold on to the House, expect an attempt at impeachment in 2007.
You have been fantastic in fighting the war on terror, Mr. President. Please, please start doing battle against the snakes of the MSM and the Democrat party. Fight, sir, fight.
DUmmies JUST GOT UNDERWEAR FOR FITZMAS - NO BYCYCLE OR TOYS!
Not to mention Sandy Berger's pants.
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