Lies, Damn Lies, and Misinformation - Redux

We have barely finished the Libby trial; a trial that demonstrated the weakness of the "I don't recall defense" and now the Bush administration is trotting out the new and improved "hazy memories" defense over the latest scandal involving Alberto Gonzalez, Karl Rove, and other conspirators yet to be named. Can't these people come up with a better excuse?

The following was originally posted at QuestionItNow - Still In Iraq:

Friday, November 04, 2005
Lies, Damn Lies, and Misinformation

It appears that Scooter Libby was anticipating his upcoming trial and the "I don't recall" defense while he was testifying under oath before a Grand Jury. In testimony of an alleged conversation with Tim Russert of NBC News - during which Libby claims that Russert was the first person to inform him that Valerie Plame Wilson was a CIA agent - Scooter Libby stated:

"I remember being taken aback by it. ... And I said, no, I don't know that. And, I said no. I don't know that intentionally because I didn't want him to take anything I was saying as in any way confirming what he said, because at that point in time I did not recall that I had ever known, and I thought that this was something that he was telling me that I was first learning. And I said, no, I don't know that because I want to be very careful not to confirm it for him, so that he didn't take my statement as confirmation for him."

Huh? Any parent who asks their kid if they did something wrong and gets a response like that will know their kid is not telling the truth.

This link provides the full text of the United States Department of Justice Indictment of I. Lewis Libby, also known as "Scooter Libby." Those who assert Patrick Fitzgerald is engaging in the "criminalization of politics" will be well served to read this, assuming they care about the democratic process.

posted by REB 84 at 11/04/2005 09:58:00 PM

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