Offical Patrick Fitzgerald Press Conference - Thread #1 (locked)

[Catherine Vincent]

Please?:)

[fooj]

1. Good call!

:hi:

[Catherine Vincent]

4. I wanted to be the first to start it.

Come on mods!

:hi:

[nickinSTL]

2. waiting for the BBC coverage

they have it listed at 1815 GMT.

available at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk

Link down the page on the right.

[BL611]

5. I believe Yahoo

will be having a live stream...

[nickinSTL]

20. BBC now saying

"Expected soon"

[deadparrot]

3. For us unable to be near a TV,

PLEASE keep us posted. :D

[strategery blunder]

7. You will be able to get streaming video on the Internet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Right side, scroll down a bit, under red bar.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. You can also get it on C-span here

http://c-span.org/watch/index.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2&ShowVidDays=30&ShowVidDesc=&ArchiveDays=30

[Ian David]

14. Looks like The BBC will have live video online. n/t

[wryter2000]

6. Feed the cube rats

Is it online anywhere?

[strategery blunder]

10. Yes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Six minutes, scroll down a bit, right side, under the red bar.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

11. Yup.

CSPAN 2.

http://c-span.org/watch/cspan2_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2

[Roxy66]

9. I'm giddy.....I can't stand this. I'm going to get my blood pressure

checked later today:bounce:

[SharonRB]

12. C-SPAN 2 has it listed, but it's not on yet

Has it started?

[MadisonProgressive]

15. Starts at 2:15 EST

[SpiralHawk]

13. CBS is poised to cover it, I believe

Local channel in ABQ gave notice that CBS would be breaking in soon with a Special Report

[Puglover]

19. Crap Im at work until 1345 cdt and then have a 20 min drive home.

Please keep us posted.

[crispini]

16. The waiting is the hardest part!

Nice blue curtain, eh?

[NYC Liberal]

17. Joe Wilson leaving his house!

[NYC Liberal]

18. I have CNN on now, but it is going off the second the press conf. is over

[gp]

21. WNBC BROADBAND Live Stream for us cuberats

WNBC (broadband)
http://wnbc.feedroom.com/iframeset.jsp?ord=953630

[Skinner]

22. I'm gonna pin this.

Hope you don't mind. :thumbsup:

[Catherine Vincent]

Not at all!

:blush:

[gp]

23. 2 minute warning! n/t

[sproutster]

24. Ooh baby I see blue curtain. :D

Do America right Fitz, It's bigger then party lines - It's the deliberate destruction of democracy itself.

[sproutster]

33. He sounds so nervous. But strong.

[Der Blaue Engel]

25. Aw, cat_girl's been pinned by Skinner

That's so sweet! :D

[crispini]

26. Here we go!

[geekgrrl]

27. OMG Fitzmas is really here!

[Cush]

28. starting now

[Cush]

35. Fitz: Valerie was CLASSIFIED

[Roxy66]

29. OMG...hear we go!!!

[GreenPartyVoter]

30. It's on!

[antonialee839]

36. Classified!!! Not widely known.

[Ian David]

31. Here we go! Today we begin to see JUSTICE!!!

[Ignacio Upton]

32. Fitz is beginning his conference!

[crispini]

34. Ahhh. Very clear about her NOC status!

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Roxy66]

Classified!!! Boy, he is nervous

[Endangered Specie]

44. Wouldn't you be?

[calmblueocean]

49. I think he sounds tough!

He just speaks in short bursts.

[Beausoir]

62. Tremendous fortitude.

He's one tough son of a gun.:loveya:

[The Witch]

37. HO HO HO HO!!! MERRY FITZMAS!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[sepia_steel]

38. Here we go! nt

[faithnotgreed]

39. classified status - devastating

take that corporate media

[Beausoir]

40. Right off the BAT!

Plame was covert!!!

[Beaverhausen]

41. I love this man

take that freepers!

[crispini]

42. Libby first official known to have told a reporter - told JUDY

[bill]

43. Fitz gives the Plamegate backstory

Wilson/Novack/Libby/Miller

[crispini]

45. Explaining about the investigation.

Who what when where why.

[antonialee839]

46. Who, why, crime committed, could he prove it?

[crispini]

We either charge them with a crime or we don't.

That's why we safeguard information.

[Catherine Vincent]

53. He's saying information has to be secret although

the public find it's frustrating. I think he may be talking to us.

[buzzard]

58. It is important that those testifying tell the truth.

[Cush]

47. "National Secutiry was at stake"

[GreenPartyVoter]

48. Explaining the context of the investigation. Laying to rest that Plame-

Wilson was covert. Adding that blowing her cover was dangerous and that Novak was the first to report it, and that Libby told him and other reporters about Plame-Wilson's status.

Now explaining the investigation process. Set out to gather facts. Who, what, when, where, and why as to if there was a crime who did it and why.

[calmblueocean]

60. I thought that was excellent. Finally shut up the stupid RW talking point.

He seems extraordinarily capable to me.

[WinkyDink]

50. I'm getting a divorce!

Please marry me, Fitzy!

Topic: He is being VERY clear about HOW he investigated, and WHY this was about NATIONAL SECURITY!!

DANG, I WANT TO READ HIS BOOK!

[Gloria]

Thank god CNN took that damned picture of Wilson and his wife

in shades down!! I was ready to switch channels....

OOPS, it's back up along with other pics, but I still hate that picture!!

[Sydnie]

51. Novak blew her cover, but someone gave him the info, so they

actually blew her cover. She was covert!

Eat that Freeps!

[tallahasseedem]

52. Very well spoken, Mr. Fitzgerald.

Stick it to 'em.

[Coexist]

54. He sounds really straight and tough

can't type - must listen

[GreenPartyVoter]

55. Obligation of the prosecutor is to keep the information secret.

[merbex]

56. He is buying himself TONS of credibility with this p conference

[merbex]

Isn't it nice to hear a long discussion without interruption

from a talking head?

[The Witch]

57. Oh my god he really IS batman........

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[antonialee839]

71. He's better than Eliot Ness.

[Pacifist Patriot]

59. Unbelievable! He had all day and now...

my son yells to me to wipe his butt. He couldn't have pooped earlier???

[tallahasseedem]

68. The kid's got timing.

My kids do that all of the time. Frustrating!

[AspenRose]

79. Ha ha ha ha

Ah, the charm and timing of little children ;-)

[crispini]

61. He's very well spoken, very clear.

Explaining the whole concept of why it's so important that people NOT lie to a GJ!

[Coexist]

64. he needs a drink of water though.

[tallahasseedem]

63. I'm glad he is laying it all out...

for the dumbass freeps.

[Beausoir]

65. Jesus! Scooter blamed it on Russert!

[Zynx]

69. Uhhh...Uhhh.....RUSSERT MADE ME DO IT! HE TOLD ME!

THAT BIG MEAN TIM!

[crispini]

66. "All the reporters know Wilson's wife works at the CIA."

Libby pins the blame on Russert. :rofl:

[Cush]

67. talking about Timmy Russert

[rodeodance]

75. when did not know what Russart had said (at least I did not know).

[calmblueocean]

70. Libby blaming Russert!!

O ho! I wonder how Tim's gonna take that.

[antonialee839]

72. Timmeh!!!

[rodeodance]

84. as one of those "reporters' who susposedly told him. te he.

[tallahasseedem]

73. Cheney and Russert!!!

Oh my! They must be shitting!

[Gloria]

74. Fitz sounds a bit nervous (?), which would be appropriate since he's not

a media whore...or he has a little frog in his throat...

But, he straight talking and giving the timeline...GO FITZ!!!

[tallahasseedem]

82. I dont think he is nervous...

He just knows he has to lay everything on the table since the Faux news whores will be picking him apart.

[Mike03]

76. Press Laughs

at Libby "I forgot it"

EDIT: Sorry, may have been AL Franken's audience laughing.

[merbex]

77. Calling Libby a flipping liar - saying Libby said he was just passing

gossip

[crispini]

80. Libby learned about her from a government official.

NOT from Russert.

[Fleshdancer]

78. Man, he really is a straight shooter, isn't he?

He's now talking about the first interview with Libby. "To be frank, Libby gave the FBI a very compelling story. Libby first blamed Tim Russert and told other reporters that he got the info from another reporter."

So Libby's initial story was that he was peddling journalist gossip?

[Beausoir]

81. He's just devastating Scooter!

I detect a tinge of outrage from Fitz.

[antonialee839]

91. Uh oh!! Ari the liar.

[calmblueocean]

Scooter lied and he's making that crystal clear.

I'm waiting to see if he lets us know where the investigation goes from here.

[Pacifist Patriot]

94. "...if only it were true." Bang!

[bill]

83. No Libby/Russert conection on Plame/Wilson

nt

[crispini]

85. Four sources to Libby

- Seniour CIA officer
- Undersecretary of State
- VP
- Somebody else in the VP office.

Who's the undersecretary, Wurmser?

[MsKandice01]

93. BOLTON!!

[lancdem]

96. Maybe it's Bolton

[calmblueocean]

86. Is he doing this all off the cuff? I don't see any notes or anything!

Nice to see competence in government for a change.

[crispini]

88. I think he has notes.

Yes, there they are.

[Der Blaue Engel]

87. "It would be a compelling story, if it were true. But it was not true."

:thumbsup:

[merbex]

89. At least 4 people told Libby about Mrs Wilson in Executive

Branch

[NJCher]

90. Thanks, Skinner, cat_girl and everyone!

For those of us who couldn't watch because of work, it's great to be able to come here and instantly see the lowdown!

Wow, here we go--onward and upward to ridding ourselves of these leeches.

OK, back to class and I can't wait until 4 to come back and see what the various poster assessments are.

Cher

[Sydnie]

92. He is making an opening statement - letting US be the jury right now

He is Elliot Ness and Perry Mason!

[Beausoir]

95. Fitz has the entire narrative in his head! No notes.

Quite the irony since we're talking about the administration of a mental midget.

[The Witch]

97. "He was telling him Monday something he said he'd learned on Thursday"

:loveya:

[WinkyDink]

98. Ari just got burned!

Hope that lunch was a good one, Ari!

[Skinner]

99. Continue discussion in thread #2

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5207075

[crispini]

100. What LIbby said to reporters.

Told Cooper and Miller that he got the info from other reporters. THAT WAS A LIE.