Comments on: Libby Judge: Valerie Plame Status Irrelevant http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/libby_judge_valerie_plame_status_irrelevant/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:21:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ken http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/libby_judge_valerie_plame_status_irrelevant/comment-page-1/#comment-110500 ken Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:04:40 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/01/libby_judge_valerie_plame_status_irrelevant/#comment-110500 Interesting point. It might be helpful to remember here that that is exactly why, legally, Clinton did not perjure himself. This point of law I always thought worth defending. Interesting point. It might be helpful to remember here that that is exactly why, legally, Clinton did not perjure himself.

This point of law I always thought worth defending.

]]> By: clarice http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/libby_judge_valerie_plame_status_irrelevant/comment-page-1/#comment-110489 clarice Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:29:15 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/01/libby_judge_valerie_plame_status_irrelevant/#comment-110489 You're right--that is very important. Equally important will be whether the judge puts a mens re (intention) requirement in the obstruction section. There is none in the federal law which makes it a plaything for runaway prosecutors but in Arthur Anderson the SCOTUS said intention must be read into the law (too late to save a fine accounting firm, unfortunately). You're right--that is very important.
Equally important will be whether the judge puts a mens re (intention) requirement in the obstruction section. There is none in the federal law which makes it a plaything for runaway prosecutors but in Arthur Anderson the SCOTUS said intention must be read into the law (too late to save a fine accounting firm, unfortunately).

]]> By: The Hindsight Factor | We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/libby_judge_valerie_plame_status_irrelevant/comment-page-1/#comment-128361 The Hindsight Factor | We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/01/libby_judge_valerie_plame_status_irrelevant/#comment-128361 <!--%kramer-pre%-->recess, while the news media scrambles to fact-check, James Joyner’s attention wanders from trial minutia to the Dallas Cowboys. Back to business this morning, Joyner liveblogs Judge Walton’s instructions about the process overall and regarding Valerie Plame specifically. <!--%kramer-post%--> recess, while the news media scrambles to fact-check, James Joyner’s attention wanders from trial minutia to the Dallas Cowboys. Back to business this morning, Joyner liveblogs Judge Walton’s instructions about the process overall and regarding Valerie Plame specifically.

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