Scooter catches Reaganitis
I just pulled this from the wire:
Unfortunately, in this time of email, and other means to track a persons communications, this is unlikely to fly. Unless you think that Scooter didn't receive some coaching on these matters, AND was so incompetent that he was unable to figure this out for himself. Oh well, I guess this is the only plausible defense open to him at this juncture. The alternative would seem to be to 'drop a dime' on his boss, one Richard B. Cheney. I think Scooter would do the entire thirty years before telling the whole truth about this sordid affair. That is, if his memory can jarred into functioning again ;)
Another odd phrasing, if reported correctly is this:
The obvious, yet unstated signal here is that Tate knows that others mis-lead the Grand Jury with 'inconsistencies.' Here at pure bs, we just call 'em lies.
By the way, I got the source material from this source.
I got the above redundant sentence phrasing from the pure bs affiliate Redundancy Help ;)
So, Reaganitis from another former Reaganite. Mr. Libby served in Reagan's State Department from 1981 to 1985. Hey, it worked for Ronnie, why not Scooter, too?
Libby defense: I don't recallIf this report is to be believed, Scooter is going to blame his erroneous statements to FBI agents, the Grand Jury, and (?) on his failing memory - The Reagan defense in Iran-Contra.
29/10/2005 12:51 - (SA)(that's South African time ed.)
Washington - The lawyer for US vice president Dick Cheney's former top aide is outlining a possible criminal defense that is a time-honoured tradition in Washington scandals: A busy official immersed in important duties cannot reasonably be expected to remember details of long-ago conversations.
Friday's indictment of I Lewis "Scooter" Libby involves allegations that as Cheney's chief of staff he lied to FBI agents and a federal grand jury.
Libby, who resigned immediately, was operating amid "the hectic rush of issues and events at a busy time for our government," according to a statement released by his attorney, Joseph Tate.
"We are quite distressed the special counsel (Patrick Fitzgerald) has not sought to pursue alleged inconsistencies in Mr Libby's recollection and those of others and to charge such inconsistencies as false statements," Tate continued.
Unfortunately, in this time of email, and other means to track a persons communications, this is unlikely to fly. Unless you think that Scooter didn't receive some coaching on these matters, AND was so incompetent that he was unable to figure this out for himself. Oh well, I guess this is the only plausible defense open to him at this juncture. The alternative would seem to be to 'drop a dime' on his boss, one Richard B. Cheney. I think Scooter would do the entire thirty years before telling the whole truth about this sordid affair. That is, if his memory can jarred into functioning again ;)
Another odd phrasing, if reported correctly is this:
"We are quite distressed the special counsel (Patrick Fitzgerald) has not sought to pursue alleged inconsistencies in Mr Libby's recollection and those of others and to charge such inconsistencies as false statements," Tate continuedPardon me, but isn't Fitzgerald's case regarding Libby - as far as we know from the indictments - based on these mysterious 'inconsistencies.' The curious part of this statement is that as of yet Fitzgerald has chosen not to "Pursue alleged inconsistencies in Mr Libby's recollection and those of others and to charge such inconsistencies as false statements."
The obvious, yet unstated signal here is that Tate knows that others mis-lead the Grand Jury with 'inconsistencies.' Here at pure bs, we just call 'em lies.
By the way, I got the source material from this source.
I got the above redundant sentence phrasing from the pure bs affiliate Redundancy Help ;)
So, Reaganitis from another former Reaganite. Mr. Libby served in Reagan's State Department from 1981 to 1985. Hey, it worked for Ronnie, why not Scooter, too?
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