Comments on: Libby Told Prosecutors He Learned of Plame From Cheney http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/04/libby-told-prosecutors-he-learned-of-plame-from-cheney/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/04/libby-told-prosecutors-he-learned-of-plame-from-cheney/comment-page-1/#comment-12213 Mark Sun, 05 Feb 2006 03:56:32 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/04/libby-told-prosecutors-he-learned-of-plame-from-cheney/#comment-12213 Yes, Gwedd, it does appear that is the case...and it is a serious offense, you're right... Yes, Gwedd, it does appear that is the case…and it is a serious offense, you’re right…

]]> By: Gwedd http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/04/libby-told-prosecutors-he-learned-of-plame-from-cheney/comment-page-1/#comment-12211 Gwedd Sun, 05 Feb 2006 02:35:04 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/04/libby-told-prosecutors-he-learned-of-plame-from-cheney/#comment-12211 Comrades, Well, the problem for Mr. Libby is that he may well have comitted the same crime as Bill Clinton: He lied under oath. Valerie Plame wasn't working as a covert agent, and in fact, her husband had often spoken of her working for the CIA to other people, apparently at parties and other social gatherings. No one was outed, no crime of that sort was comitted. What was alledgedly comitted was a crime of lying under oath, and folks OUGHT to take that seriously. Lying while under oath simply cannot be tolerated, as it attacks the very foundation of our justice system. Mr. Libby will have his day in court, and I, for one, am willing to suspend judgement upon him and/or his actions until that time. If he is innocent, then he deserves our support. If he is found guilty, then I will support whatever punishment the court sees fit to impose. He should, in fact, be treated more critically than an "ordinary" person, his proximation to the very epicenter of power must needs demand from him a higher standard of conduct. Respects to all, Gwedd Comrades,

Well, the problem for Mr. Libby is that he may well have comitted the same crime as Bill Clinton: He lied under oath. Valerie Plame wasn’t working as a covert agent, and in fact, her husband had often spoken of her working for the CIA to other people, apparently at parties and other social gatherings. No one was outed, no crime of that sort was comitted.

What was alledgedly comitted was a crime of lying under oath, and folks OUGHT to take that seriously. Lying while under oath simply cannot be tolerated, as it attacks the very foundation of our justice system.

Mr. Libby will have his day in court, and I, for one, am willing to suspend judgement upon him and/or his actions until that time. If he is innocent, then he deserves our support. If he is found guilty, then I will support whatever punishment the court sees fit to impose. He should, in fact, be treated more critically than an “ordinary” person, his proximation to the very epicenter of power must needs demand from him a higher standard of conduct.

Respects to all,

Gwedd

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/04/libby-told-prosecutors-he-learned-of-plame-from-cheney/comment-page-1/#comment-12207 Mark Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:16:29 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/04/libby-told-prosecutors-he-learned-of-plame-from-cheney/#comment-12207 Well, they come from documents that were unsealed following a lawsuit by the Wall Street Journal to gain access...so the documents aren't new, but their contents have not been publicly available before... Well, they come from documents that were unsealed following a lawsuit by the Wall Street Journal to gain access…so the documents aren’t new, but their contents have not been publicly available before…

]]> By: cb http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/04/libby-told-prosecutors-he-learned-of-plame-from-cheney/comment-page-1/#comment-12205 cb Sat, 04 Feb 2006 22:58:29 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/04/libby-told-prosecutors-he-learned-of-plame-from-cheney/#comment-12205 Do these "reports" really represent any new information, or are they simply a recapitulation of the prosecutions allegations for which Libby was indicted? If the former, then I agree that they do not bode well; if the latter, then, wake me when the trial starts next year... Do these “reports” really represent any new information, or are they simply a recapitulation of the prosecutions allegations for which Libby was indicted?

If the former, then I agree that they do not bode well; if the latter, then, wake me when the trial starts next year…

]]> By: too many steves http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/04/libby-told-prosecutors-he-learned-of-plame-from-cheney/comment-page-1/#comment-12203 too many steves Sat, 04 Feb 2006 20:57:57 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/04/libby-told-prosecutors-he-learned-of-plame-from-cheney/#comment-12203 Might have been better if he instead lied about knowing of her covert status. That, perhaps, could have been an easier lie to protect. Might have been better if he instead lied about knowing of her covert status. That, perhaps, could have been an easier lie to protect.

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