Memory Expert in CIA leak case FORGOT meeting the Prosecutor!

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fromthe WaPo

There were several moments when Loftus was completely caught off guard by Fitzgerald, creating some very awkward silences in the courtroom.

One of those moments came when Loftus insisted that she had never met Fitzgerald. He then reminded her that he had cross-examined her before, when she was an expert defense witness and he was a prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in New York.

Way to go, Fitz!

Also, Christy Hardin Smith at Firedoglake gives an amazing viewpoint on this, as a former prosecutor herself.

"Some days, the wait for a hearing transcript can seem like an eternity. Today is one of those days.

Turns out that there was a hearing on potential expert witness testimony in the Libby trial yesterday — and word is that Patrick Fitzgerald took the witness apart with her own research, footnote by footnote, assumption by assumption. So much so that, at times, members of the audience were shaking their heads…for nearly three hours of cross-examination."

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"I cannot begin to tell you how difficult it is to trip up an expert witness on the stand, especially when you are doing cross-examination of someone who is considered to be a top expert in the field and who has had courtroom experience in prior cases for similar research material."

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That Fitzgerald was able to pick this memory testimony apart at its very inception — before a judge has even ruled on whether he will even allow any memory expert at trial in the first place, is an enormous blow to the Libby legal team. That Fitzgerald was able to do so with their first witness out of the box on the subject…priceless.

After you read her entire post, check out the comments - she answers some good questions in those as well.

As for me - I am going to be obsessed with this all day!

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1. .

[Catherine Vincent]

2. This Loftus person is a moron.

How can she forget that she ever met Patrick Fitzgerald?

Thanks for the link! :hi:

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3. I love the irony

Memory Expert Forgot! :rofl:

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7. me too - Rawstory has a similar headline up

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Memory_expert_in_CIA_leak_case_1027.html

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4. Priceless

:rofl: :rofl:

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6. aint it. I'll bet that was not the headline she would be hoping for!

:7

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5. That makes me happy deep down inside... n/t