Comments on: Libby Prosecutor: Libby ‘Wiped Out’ Cheney Memo http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/libby_trial_libby_wiped_out_cheney_memo_/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:20:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: vnjagvet http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/libby_trial_libby_wiped_out_cheney_memo_/comment-page-1/#comment-110538 vnjagvet Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:12:11 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/01/libby_trial_libby_wiped_out_cheney_memo_/#comment-110538 Schuster's raising expectations of those wanting a hanging. This makes for a compelling secondary story line, doesn't it? Schuster's raising expectations of those wanting a hanging.

This makes for a compelling secondary story line, doesn't it?

]]> By: cboldt http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/libby_trial_libby_wiped_out_cheney_memo_/comment-page-1/#comment-110511 cboldt Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:30:26 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/01/libby_trial_libby_wiped_out_cheney_memo_/#comment-110511 I'll go for "literal" on that one. But I think Fitz is nuts for bringing it up unless he knows what the contents of the note are, and can produce it via backup or other facility. If he's making the accusation without being prepared to offer evidence, he needs to be sanctioned - or at least made to revisit the statement and explain the figurative meaning. One reason I think it's literal is that the jury is going to take "he had a note/memo, but he wiped it out" literally, especially in context. Did Fitz make other statements that are better taken in a figurative sense? I didn't see any. I'll go for "literal" on that one. But I think Fitz is nuts for bringing it up unless he knows what the contents of the note are, and can produce it via backup or other facility.
If he's making the accusation without being prepared to offer evidence, he needs to be sanctioned - or at least made to revisit the statement and explain the figurative meaning.
One reason I think it's literal is that the jury is going to take "he had a note/memo, but he wiped it out" literally, especially in context. Did Fitz make other statements that are better taken in a figurative sense? I didn't see any.

]]> By: Jane http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/libby_trial_libby_wiped_out_cheney_memo_/comment-page-1/#comment-110510 Jane Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:17:27 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/01/libby_trial_libby_wiped_out_cheney_memo_/#comment-110510 David Shuster tends to strain credulity on a regular basis. David Shuster tends to strain credulity on a regular basis.

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