Tag: Joseph Wilson
Posted on Wed Jul 16, 2008 at 12:10:10 PM EST
Tags: Valerie Plame, Joseph Wilson, Dick Cheney (all tags)
It's official. President Bush invoked a claim of executive privilege to prevent Congress from obtaining Justice Department interviews with Dick Cheney and others over the leak of the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson. A subpoena for the information was issued in June.
The Wilsons respond (no link, received by e-mail):
“Today the president took the unprecedented step of asserting executive privilege to thwart congressional efforts to review Vice President Cheney’s interview with Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald concerning the betrayal of Valerie Wilson’s covert CIA identity. We agree with Congressman Waxman that the position taken by the president is ludicrous.
The American people have a right to know what role the vice president played in the leak of Ms. Wilson’s covert identity for political purposes. The fact that the Attorney General is recommending the assertion of executive privilege reveals that this Department of Justice is as beholden to the White House as that run by former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
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Posted on Fri Mar 02, 2007 at 02:06:00 PM EST
Tags: Libby Trial, Valerie Plame, Joseph Wilson (all tags)
Bump and Update: Via DOJ spokesperson Randall Samborn:
The Libby jury delivered two notes containing questions when they were excused today. Both notes will be available on the public docket later today. Court will convene at 9 a.m. on Monday March 5 to address the notes.
Update: No verdict today.
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Libby Trial: Verdict Unlikely Today
A verdict is unlikely today in the Scooter Libby trial. The jurors' note (pdf) yesterday said they wanted to be excused at 2:00 pm to attend to "personal, professional and medical obligations," and the Judge granted it.
The judge thinks they will deliberate into next week. And yes, it appears they care about being dressed appropriately when the verdict is returned:
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