Newsreports indicate that Scooter Libby has retained Theodore Wells, a top criminal defense lawyer at the Paul Weiss firm in NYC. Wells is a superb trial lawyer with whom I've had the honor to work in years past. Wells has successfully defended other government or former government officials, including Reagan Sec'y of Labor Ray Donovan (in NYS Supreme Court) and Clinton Sec'y of Agriculture Mike Espy (in U.S. District Court, D.C.). He'll be a dangerous adversary for Fitzgerald as he has remarkable people skills and is a black man who will easily connect to most jurors. Ironically, Wells is a Democrat who was deeply involved with Bill Bradley's political campaigns in New Jersey. Unfortunately this is a brilliant move by Libby.