The Unknown Candidate: Libby Trial: Day Nine

Friday, January 26, 2007

Newsweek: Will Rove Testify? Exclusive By Michael Isikoff:
"The president's political guru—and counselor Dan Bartlett—have been subpoenaed by Scooter Libby's lawyers. What it means for the most-watched trial in Washington—and who's next on the witness stand...."
LA Times: Cheney's key role in leak case detailed:
"A former aide testifies in Libby's trial that the vice president directed the effort to discredit a CIA agent's husband.

WASHINGTON — In the first such account from Vice President Dick Cheney's inner circle, a former aide testified Thursday that Cheney personally directed the effort to discredit an administration critic by having calls made to reporters in 2003...."
Forbes: Lawyers Probe Fleischer's Immunity Deal
"Attorneys for former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby want more information about an unusual immunity-from-prosecution deal that government lawyers gave former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer in the CIA leak case.

Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald says that in early 2004, as his investigation was heating up into who revealed CIA operative Valerie Plame's name to reporters, Fleischer stepped forward with an offer to prosecutors: Promise no prosecution and he would help their case.

Fleischer acknowledged being one of the leakers, but he wouldn't say a word without a promise of immunity...."
NY Times: Time Comes to a Standstill in a Courtroom Journey