"charges of perjury and obstruction of justice"-and-OUTING A COVERT AGENT!

[Roland99]

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Prosecutor_in_leak_case_seeks_indictments_1026.html

Fitzgerald has also asked the jury to indict Libby on a second charge: knowingly outing a covert operative, the lawyers said. They said the prosecutor believes that Libby violated a 1982 law that made it illegal to unmask an undercover CIA agent.

:woohoo:

[emulatorloo]

1. reread it - Libby for knowingly outing a covert operative)

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Fitzgerald has also asked the jury to indict Libby on a second charge: knowingly outing a covert operative, the lawyers said. They said the prosecutor believes that Libby violated a 1982 law that made it illegal to unmask an undercover CIA agent.

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[Roland99]

4. Yeah...saw that...edited to reflect that paragraph!

[emulatorloo]

6. and still rumor at this point, although it sounds credible. ROVE = IDIOT

He outta take the deal. Guess he still thinks he is smarter than Fitz.

[jsamuel]

2. it mentions Libby with the "insidious of traitors" law

[montana500]

3. holy smokes

If they can get Libby on that 1982 law, they can get him to squeal on Cheney/Bush. WOW. This thing may get extended.

[Kagemusha]

5. The treason bit was always a massive reach.

As for the espionage act, prosecutors are expected to go with the law that best fits the crime. Besides, he doesn't have to be done investigating yet. If he has the goods for the 1982 law and perjury and obstruction of justice, then he goes with that, for now.

This is not the end of the world.

[hang a left]

7. If true, Fitzgerald has evidence that Libby actually knew she was

covert. Which we knew he knew, but now we know he knows. Know what I mean.

[Kagemusha]

8. Well, covert is the plain word we use, not the language of the law.

The law says, someone whose identity the US is taking active measures to conceal. That's broader and less easy to sneak around than the word "covert". There's plenty of room to nail an official with rightful national security clearance to know that Plame's ID was being protected by the government (not just the CIA, *THE GOVERNMENT*) who releases her identity anyway.

And Fitz knows all that and must have enough to get Libby on this.

[Roland99]

9. Is this no longer a known unknown?

;)

[Kagemusha]

10. It is now an unknown known.

In other words, we know the goods exist, we just don't know exactly what they are.

Upside: Neither does Libby.

[Roland99]

11. When will then be now?

Soon.

[elehhhhna]

12. Email Pat via his record company & show him some LOVE:

http://www.patsgold.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=contactus

[applegrove]

13. You have to wonder if they were going to just charge him with

perjury and the like - until Repukes made a big stinck about "the original crime".

Now it looks like Libby could be facing more time.

[Roland99]

14. CNN with Wolf Blitzer was good. Larry Johnson was on.

Wolf looked like he wanted to be a million miles away!!