March 7th, 2007
The Libby Verdict
The serious consequences of a pointless Washington scandal
Wednesday, March 7, 2007; A16
THE CONVICTION of I. Lewis Libby on charges of perjury, making false statements and obstruction of justice was grounded in strong evidence and what appeared to be careful deliberation by a jury. The former chief of staff to Vice President […]
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New York Times
February 20, 2007
Trial Spotlights Cheney’s Power as an Infighter
By JIM RUTENBERG
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 — A picture taking shape from hours of testimony and reams of documents in the trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. shatters any notion that the White House was operating as a model of cohesion throughout President Bush’s first term.
The […]
The Wall Street Journal editorial page–dispatches from the Winter Palace.
Trial exposes White House crisis machine
By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer
Fri Feb 9, 9:22 PM ET
David Addington, chief legal adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, says he was taken aback when the White House started making public pronouncements about the CIA leak investigation.
In the fall of […]
I hope this teaches the press about their cutesy little parties involving the presidents.
Russert Says He Didn’t Tell Libby About CIA Officer
Journalist Says He Learned Plame’s Role After Leak
By Carol D. Leonnig and Amy Goldstein
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, February 8, 2007; A04
Tim Russert, the Washington bureau chief for NBC News, yesterday swiftly and firmly rejected […]
Ms. Miller had failed to realize that Curly’s best move was spinning on the floor by using his left arm as fulcrum while screaming, “Moe, Larry Cheese!”
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In a touching scene outside the Federal Courthouse in Washington, DC, a photographer caught Judith Miller’s reflection on the window of Scooter Libby’s limousine. In an attempt to bring […]
February 4, 2007
Op-Ed Columnist
Why Dick Cheney Cracked Up
By FRANK RICH
IN the days since Dick Cheney lost it on CNN, our nation’s armchair shrinks have had a blast. The vice president who boasted of “enormous successes” in Iraq and barked “hogwash” at the congenitally mild Wolf Blitzer has been roundly judged delusional, pathologically dishonest or just […]
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David Addington
“Cheney’s Handwritten Notes Implicate Bush in Plame Affair
By Jason Leopold and Marc Ash
t r u t h o u t | Report
Wednesday 31 January 2007
Copies of handwritten notes by Vice President Dick Cheney, introduced at trial by defense attorneys for former White House staffer I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, would appear to implicate George W. […]
Didn’t something like this happen between
Reinhard Heydrich and Ernst Roehm?
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Many Beltway insiders feel that Mr. Libby will accomplish little
by pleading insanity, but he is sure the McNaughton Rule will
serve him well despite legal skepticism.
I. Lewis Scooter Libby, former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and his wife Harriet Grant, get […]
The New York Times
November 19, 2006
Reporters’ Notebook
Unlike Clinton, Bush Sees Hanoi in Bit of a Hurry
By DAVID E. SANGER and HELENE COOPER
HANOI, Vietnam, Sunday, Nov. 19 — President Bush likes speed golf and speed tourism — this is the man who did the treasures of Red Square in less than 20 minutes — but here […]