Entries by emptywheel

Cheney’s FBI Report

Cheney says he did not order Libby to order Plame’s identity. I guess his insinuations that he may have were a CYA invented later to respond to Fitzgerald’s investigation, notably Fitz getting Judy Miller’s testimony.

Is Cheney Relying on Gonzales’ Retroactive Notes?

Over the weekend Cheney repeated a claim Alberto Gonzales has made before–which is largely assumed to have constituted a lie to Congress. But we’ve recently learned that Gonzales made notes which–presumably–back up his version of the story. Is Cheney relying on those notes, too?

FBI Whistleblower Plugs Toobz Stevens Prosecution

I have stated before that the case against Ted Stevens should have been dismissed for prosecutorial misconduct before it ever reached the contaminated and bizarre jury process that led to the guilty verdict.Late today we received yet more evidence of just how true that is. A five-year FBI agent assigned to the Alaska corruption investigation is the whistleblower who brought a complaint with explosive allegations of misconduct against other agents and at least one prosecutor involved in the trial.

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