In the midst of all the commotion about the Washington Post employing an incompetent ombudsman, and Senator Kerry joining the discussion in our little neighborhood, the latest Treasongate news slipped under the radar
Plameoholics are invited to glance thru the knot hole
Scooter Libby was in Court Friday, and apparently Patrick Fitzgerald was there too
the NY Times has an article that reports on Libby's efforts to stall:
In legal papers filed in federal court, the lawyers for Mr. Cheney's former aide, I. Lewis Libby Jr., did not identify the reporters or news organizations that they intended to subpoena nor did the lawyers identify what kind of information might be sought.
But the lawyers told the federal district judge, Reggie B. Walton, in the filing that Mr. Libby's trial could be delayed by the effort to gather more information from journalists who could be expected to resist the subpoenas. No trial date has been set
ReddHead at firedoglake has excellent analysis, and links to more information
here's a sample
This sort of dispute is not uncommon, and often serves as a means of stalling the trial schedule because defense counsel uses a lack of discovery in some area as a rationale for argument to the judge that a trial cannot proceed.
I kinda wonder how Karl Rove is gonna sell the repuglican party as being superior on the national security issue while scooter libby is telling a judge that everybody in the bush administration was talking to news reporters about Valeri Plame
and does scooter know that his defense is doing the work for Patrick Fitzgeral
if you need more, pollyusa posted an excellent Plame Diary on thursday