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![]() Greg wrote: From: "-=jd=-" Organization: Little... If any... Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 21:55:07 GMT Subject: (OT) The Plame-Blame-Game On Sun 30 Oct 2005 05:30:32p, Greg wrote in message : From: "-=jd=-" Organization: Little... If any... {snippage} There was no need to protect Cheney from any criminal investigation at all since he hadn't done anything illegal. Even before Libby started the "he said, she said" spinning and fabricating that was described in the indictments, there was no need to protect Cheney. That being said, for Cheney to refute the fabrications in Wilson's report is hard-ball politics, but not illegal. If it was illegal to "out" Plame, then Libby was the primary suspect, above all others. Apparently, it *wasn't* illegal to "out" Plame. True, but he may have wanted to hide Cheney's role in outing Plame, even tho it wasn't illegal. But I think he didn't know it wasn't illegal. Libby may have tried to mitigate political fall-out, but I can't recall Cheney ever shying away from bare-knuckle politics. {snippage} The only things mentioned in the indictments are the various conversations and personal-notes between Libby and a given reporter -- two-person conversations with no other witnesses. The notes even stem from the same two-person conversations. Fitz will need "other evidence" if he doesn't want to be painted with the "Ronnie Earle" brush by his detractors... Okay, there were the notes and also, I think, conflicting testimony from other witnesses, the journalists. That's the two-person conversations -- Each conversation was between Libby and a reporter. Libby's statements conflicting with a reporter and a reporter's statement conflicting with Libby's. If it goes to trial, Libby will likely assert "He-Said/She-Said", even though the reporter's accounts will likely agree -- and not in Libby's favor... Okay jd, it looks a though we continue to view the same facts from opposite angles. Shocked! Shocked, I Am!! Gotta run - I have a hot thread going with DXace over dingleberries. Our topical preferences differ in ways I had not considered! I LOVE shortwave radio! When the ionosphere cooperates, I do too! Well, I wouldn't say *love*, but I am deeply in "like" with SWL... -=jd=- -- My Current Disposable Email: (Remove YOUR HAT to reply directly) With a little work you might make a good liberal. There is no such thing as a good liberal. dxAce Michigan USA |
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