Scooter Libby to Drop Appeal in CIA Leak Case

Posted by Paddy , Brave New Films at 2:00 PM on December 10, 2007.

Paddy: Doesn't this mean if there is no "trial pending" that the White House and Libby can be questioned about the Plame leak?

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This post, written by Paddy, originally appeared on Cliff Schecter's Brave New Films Blog

This has me flummoxed. Doesn't this mean if there is no "trial pending" that the White House and Libby can be questioned about the Plame leak?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is dropping his appeal in the CIA leak case, his attorney said Monday.

Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted of perjury and obstruction for lying about his conversations with reporters about outed CIA operative Valerie Plame.

Why would Libby take away the White House's "We do not discuss ongoing legal matters" card?

And who will be the first reporter to figure this out?

****UPDATE ALERT***

Dana Peroxide is going to be doing a presser at about 1230p EST. If you're near a teevee, this would be a must watch moment. Let's see what she says about Libby this time. (you know they've been scrambling all this morning trying to figure out ~~which lie~~ what to say.)

UPDATE II by GottaLaff:

On Thom Hartmann, a reporter just called in to explain that one reason Libby won't appeal is that there would be a different administration by the time this would come about, which would most likely affect him negatively.

The conclusion from the above, Thom and the reporter said, is that he knows he's being pardoned.

Great.

Tagged as: libby, plame, cia leak, bush administration

Paddy is a regular contributor to Cliff Schecter.com.

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What a shock! [Report this comment] Posted by: UnEasyOne on Dec 10, 2007 2:54 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] The fix is in! Who woulda suspected? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] The cost to the taxpayer isn't nearly as bad as the Clinton "investigation". [Report this comment] Posted by: ABetterFuture on Dec 10, 2007 9:40 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] But the outcome is pretty much the same. Investigate a crime, find someone who is guilty of not saying the same thing twice. Instant new crime, and prosecutable to boot. Still not sure what Libby's role in the Novak leak was, but I guess that matters for naught. He was the (dirty) Veep's chief of staff, after all. Nice trophy I guess, in lieu of any semblance of justice in the Plame fiasco. Luck with your tropy collection, I suppose. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: The cost to the taxpayer isn't nearly as bad as the Clinton "investigation". Posted by: Mycos » Indeed. The crime was perjury. Posted by: ABetterFuture It's called "Perjury"? [Report this comment] Posted by: Mycos on Dec 11, 2007 2:44 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Makes sense to me... A court of law that isn't under the thumb of Gonzales may be a court of law that not only allows pretrial discovery motions to proceed, but may actually penalize failures to produce documents,etc. There may even be a rather quaint expectation that Libby even tell the truth after having been sworn in. No...Frankly, I'm surprised half the neocons are still in the country. Their "day in court" is NOT something they look forward to. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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