LIBBY'S LAWYERS WILL TRY TO DISCREDIT JOURNALISTS:

[rodeodance]

Reporters vs Libby. um....

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November 7, 2005

NATIONAL SECURITY -- LIBBY'S LAWYERS WILL TRY TO DISCREDIT JOURNALISTS: As the trial against I. Lewis Libby begins, Libby "won't be the only one in the hot seat." The reporters involved in the case - Judith Miller, Matt Cooper and Tim Russert - are expected to "face a barrage of questions from defense lawyers" while "defending their own credibility, reputations and reporting techniques." Defense attorneys involved in the case said, "Mr. Libby's lawyers would almost certainly want to go beyond the scope of the areas covered in testimony the reporters have provided to a grand jury." "Now we're talking about credibility" of the reporters, said one lawyer involved in the case.

[Brundle_Fly]

1. good, they have answering to do too....

I hope to god they televise this debauchery of mockery, I will take my 8 weeks of vacation and sit in front of court t.v. spending all my money on popcorn


bozos all of them

[Kindigger]

2. Tim Russert

can bring his "little white board" and cipher him some. :P

[murielm99]

3. The trouble is,

Russert's a lawyer. He might be cagier on the stand.

As much as I hate Libby, I would enjoy seeing reporters squirm. I hear it if I don't do my job. Why should reporters be different?

[depakid]

4. Easy targets

That's what I'd do, too.

They're known liars and and panderers.

But juries have been known to believe liars in some cases where the motives match up and make sense.

[salin]

5. So what will Judy do?

She was fed so much inside info - did their water carrying for public opinion/support - and went to jail to protect them/him. They turn on her... when does her noxious "self-righteousness" turn back on him? She knows who told her what, who spun which stories - she can always fall back on the "the intell was wrong" meme... but she can also begin to play the... I didn't know it was wrong intel, but they appear to have known it - and this is what how and when they told me.

I have no illusions that Miller could turn out to boomerang and tank these folks. But it just occured to me that if she is nothing else, she is brutally self-serving, and willing to bite hands that feed her like a rattle snake. Should be interesting to watch if attacking her is part of the Libby team's tactic.

[ClintonTyree]

6. Judas will do whatever it takes to save Irving's ass.........

I'd wager she'd even go so far as to perjure herself to get Irving off the hook. I'm sure they're cooking up some scheme right now to keep the lying sack of shit Libby out of prison.
Any trial is still a detriment to the White House. There are going to be some sensitive questions asked and Irving can't plead the fifth. He's going to have to spill the beans or risk perjuring himself again. Not that he won't do it, he's a lying sack of shit, but Fitz is very thorough so he'd better watch his ass.

[salin]

7. she covered for them

to protect her own behind (as in her "journalism reputation") - will she really fall on the sword (what is left of her career) for them? I wouldn't be so confident. Too self-serving of a personality, imo.

[thinkingwoman]

8. that'll make Libby

even more popular with the media. :eyes:

Believe me, I'm no fan of the media (being a former journalist I am beyond disgusted with them all), but they will circle the wagons and pin this guy to his own shit pile. And I don't blame them.

edited to correct article typo...need more coffee.

[RazzleDazzle]

9. I was wondering about that...

thanks for the confirmation. Sounded like a risky gambit to me. Not sure it's a good idea to put people who are very comfortable slinging the words around on the defensive followed by offensive.

[Memekiller]

10. MSM asked for it...

By making all their media panels journalists vs. conservative pundits to avoid giving progressives a voice, they willingly played into the facade of the media as the liberals. Well, this is what happens when the only voices on TV are conservatives and media guys. They've set themselves up for a smear job now that this case is a matter of who you believe: journos or Bush's inner circle. So, expect all nutjobs to think the journos are out to frame Libby.

There's an easy solution. Start giving progressives a voice so that journalists can play referee in the middle.