*** Official '60 Minutes' Siegelman Interview Broadcast & Story Update Thread ***

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Sun Apr-06-08 05:56 PM
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http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2008/04/siegelman-and-60-minutes-part-ii.html

This may just be a short update and interview that '60 Minutes' does on the Gov. Siegelman case, and I don't know what time in the broadcast they are going to run the segment (and they might not even run it), but my understanding is that it includes an exclusive TV interview and I'm going to live-blog again, just like the first time. Please feel free to help out! :-)

Sunday, April 6, 2008
Siegelman and 60 Minutes, Part II
Want to get in the right frame of mind for tonight's Part II in 60 Minutes' coverage of the Don Siegelman case?

Well, check out today's editorial in the Tuscaloosa News, questioning Karl Rove's ethics for slamming CBS' coverage.

The News' editorial gets to the heart of the matter, noting up front that the Siegelman prosecution is "a case that grows more odious by the day."

Then the News goes after Rove in a major way. This is not the kind of stuff you are used to seeing in an Alabama newspaper:

Rove, in an interview with GQ magazine made public late last week, called Simpson a 'complete lunatic' and accused CBS of being a 'shoddy operation' for airing her charges.

Rove can hardly afford to hurl around accusations of shoddy operation. Ethics and morals mean little to him. He has proven time and again that he will do anything to get his way in politics.

Want some specifics? The News provides them:

For example, in the 2000 GOP primary, Rove's operation targeted Bush's main rival by spreading false stories that John McCain informed on other POWs in Hanoi and fathered a black daughter out of wedlock.

(Rove's) personal attack on Simpson fits the pattern. Rove has used smear tactics to tar opponents throughout his political career. In 1994, for instance, he ran Bush's successful campaign in Texas against incumbent Ann Richards in which 'pollsters' asked questions such as 'Would you be more or less likely to vote for Gov. Richards if you knew her staff was dominated by lesbians?'

Want background? The News has that, too:

Rove learned his craft at the foot of Richard Nixon's squad of dirty tricksters led by Donald Segretti. It's almost laughable that he would call anything 'shoddy.'

Tonight's Siegelman report evidently will be an abbreviated segment. I understand that 60 Minutes has much more information that could make another full report. Let's hope we will see a Part III.

http://www.leftinalabama.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1526

Siegelman Tonight on 60 Minutes

by: Melissa Sun Apr 06, 2008 at 12:42:31 PM
60 Minutes will air an interview with former Governor Don Siegelman on tonight's show.

This will be his first real television interview since being released from prison while he appeals.

CBS stations Birmingham, CBS-42, Montgomery CBS-8, and Huntsville CBS-19 will carry the program. Good luck in Huntsville ;-)