Right, but would you confidently assert details despite the fact that you were hard pressed to remember them?

I would agree....the problem isn't that Libby forgot certain details, its that he said that when he was told by Russert about Wilson's wife, it was "as if it was for the first time."

Libby's story is that he was merely repeating a rumor he'd been told ONLY by a "reporters" to "other reporters".....

But there are far too many OTHER people with whom Libby discussed Plame for that statement to be true.

Its that "as if it were for the first time" that is the at the heart of the trial --- he could make a "mistake" about which reporter he'd had specific discussions with.... but there is way too much evidence that Libby knew about/discussed Plame from/with official White House/OVP/DoD/CIA/State Department personnel....

If somebody asked me for details regarding a conversation I had with people at work about something last October, I would be hard pressed to remember the details-I might be able to give a general topic of conversation, but probably not details of exactly what was said.

Ok, that's not fair, but come on.

wow.... Wells can't be accused of not having an enormous amount of chutpah! -- and one suspects that Wells is going to regret saying that, since Libby is known for his excelllent memory...