Inventory of the Scooter Libby Letters
I've read them, all of them. (Big PDF Part One; Big PDF Part Two; Excel file of all the letters)
What a depressing way to spend a weekend day. You see, I believe all those people when they describe how loving Libby is with his kids. And I believe all those people who describe what a great mentor Libby has been to young professionals.
On Fouad's Fallen Soldier
I promise, I'm going to start looking at the Libby letters in earnest tomorrow, and hopefully continue my series on the week of June 9, 2003. I have to wait until tomorrow, though, bc I've got key documents on my desktop, and all the batteries for the keyboard and the mouse crapped out at once (and mr.
Some Schlozman Details
I haven't found a transcript online, but here are some details from the Schlozman hearing that--at least according to my notes--are significant and underreported.
The ACORN Investigation Is/Is Not National
You'll recall that Brad Schlozman indicted 4 former ACORN workers (one of whose name he got wrong) for submitting fraudulent voter reg information.
Shorter Reggie: I Will Remember Your Interest in Public Service the Next Time Someone Really Needs It
On Those Letters
My mother is in town, so I'll be visiting rather than writing. I'll start catching up to my blogging on Saturday. But I did want to make an initial comment on the letters written in favor of leniency for Scooter. Sidney Blumenthal has a superb column at Salon on the letters in general:
One after another, the letter writers declare that Libby's "character"is "inconsistent" with the jury's verdict.
June 9, 2003: The President Gets Involved
On June 8, 2003, George Stephanopolous and Condi Rice had the following exchange:
S: But let me stop you right there, because many in the United States goverment knew before then that this...
R: George, somebody, somebody down may have known. But I will tell you that when this issue was raised with the intelligence community--because we actually do go through the process of asking the intelligence community, Can you say this?
