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.

The title of this blog provides a link to 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.

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