We are all working from emptywheel's personal, non-official reporting here. But if this paraphrase is anywhere near complete it sounds to me as if Libby's lawyer is going to try to blame the CIA agent outing on Karl Rove:
Fitz said Libby may have had a motive to lie, because Scottie said you'd lose your job if you leaked.
Mr. Libby was not concerned about losing his job. He was concerned about being set up. He was concerned about being the scapegoat.
Mr. Libby said to the VP, "I think the WH, people are trying to set me up, people want me to be the scapegoat. people in the WH want me to protect Karl Rove." [Swopa–you owe me dinner.]
Cheney made notes of what Libby said. Notes show Libby telling VP that he was not involved in leak. [oops, Wells, accidentally said, "not involved in leak to Karl Rove."
Cheney's note: "Not going to protect one staffer and sacrifice the guy that was asked to stick his neck in the meat grinder because of the incompetence of others."
The person who was to be protected was Karl Rove. Karl Rove was President Bush's right hand person. Karl Rove was the person most responsible for making sure Bush stayed in office. He had to be protected. The person who was to be sacrificed.
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Personally, I can't think that is a good long-term strategy.
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A few updates:
MSNBC picks up this theme.
Duncan Black says he will contribute to Libby's defense fund to hear the rest of this story.
litigatormom had already touched on this point by the time I got my diary up.
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Update II:
Kevin Drum chimes in at Washington Monthly: "I admit it: I thought the Scooter Libby trial was going to turn out to be a bit of a snoozer. I figured it would get lots of hype but, in the end, not dish much dirt. Looks like I was wrong..."
And Digby makes it official.
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