Now- on to the next question: WHY did Scooter lie?

[Guaranteed]

That's what I want to know.

Well, hell, we all know. But when your Repuke friends try to play this down, that's what needs to be asked.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

1. Because he's a Repub??

I'm just taking a stab at it here...

;)

[Christa]

2. Methinks he's asking himself the same question

while he bangs his head against the wall tonight :hurts:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. To protect Cheney.

[Christa]

4. In return he'll get 30 years in the slammer - rofl. nt.

[Guaranteed]

7. Somehow, I don't see that happening.

None of these motherfuckers have those kind of cobbles. They don't have the INTEGRITY.

They'll squeal. All of them.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

15. Please. Please. Please.

That'd be the best present of my life.

[bryant69]

9. Yeah - He's a true believer

he's willing to let himself go for the cause.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[NoSheep]

5. I can see Rove, Cheney, Libby, Condi, Bolton, the whole fucking cabal

in a room together dreaming up a way to get Wilson back for telling the truth. They could go like dominoes. Fitzgerald is serious AND CAPABLE!

[Guaranteed]

10. They will. None of these fuckers have it in them.

They don't BELIEVE enough in what they've done. They're a bunch of selfish pigs.

[BattyDem]

6. To buy time?

:shrug:

Just a theory ...

How can you prosecute a leaker if you don't know who is telling the truth and who is not? Fitz spent the last two years trying to figure out who was lying. By the time he got his answers, the GJ expired. So Libby takes the fall. There's no way the Bushies will allow this to go to trial because too many members of BushCo will have to testify under oath. Libby will either be pardoned or be suicided.

[wookie294]

8. He lied because he knew Plame was undercover

Libby spoke with government officials SEVEN TIMES about Plame prior to outing her. He was obviously researching her situation at the CIA. He even told a colleague that it's not appropriate to discuss her on a non-secure telephone line. That's because he knew she was undercover, imho. So, after he got caught outing Plame, he lied to the FBI because he feared he would be charged with the very serious crime of outing a CIA agent.

I'm peeved that Fitz refused to charge Libby with outing a CIA agent when it's clear to me Libby is guilty of that.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. He has to prove specific intent and knowledge, beyond a reasonable doubt.

That's a tough burden. But the investigation is over, and if sufficient evidence surfaces, I should think additional charges could be brought by another GJ.

[wookie294]

17. I believe that's just media spin

I've read part of the statute you cited. I disagree with all the pundits who say "it's difficult" to prosecute. Gimme a break! Fitz has evidence that Libby knew she was undercover. CHARGE HIM and let the jury decide the issue.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Um, no; it's the law.

The burden of proof doesn't appear in the statute itself; it's a requirement in any criminal prosecution: the government has to prove all elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt. And no prosecutor will charge an offense that he isn't sure he can prove by throwing a charge up against a wall just to see if it will stick -- in other words, just letting the jury decide even if you don't think you can prove the case -- is a sure way to set yourself up for a claim of malicious prosecution. A guy like Fitzgerald would never try a case he wasn't reasonably sure he could win.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. delete -- oops

[Guaranteed]

24. He has. Fitzgerald enumerated 5+ instances, from multiple witnesses,

in which Scooter was speaking of Wilson's wife as a CIA agent, but before the time that Scooter told them he learned of Wilson's wife from Russert.

To entertain the doubt that Scooter somehow didn't remember all of these instances as happening BEFORE his speaking to Russert is certainly beyond reason.

Fitz has that fucker by the testes.

[mike_c]

11. the Bush WH lies about EVERYTHING....

They lie by reflex. If their lips are moving.... I'm sure you get the picture.

[mzmolly]

12. EGZACTAMUNDO!

:hi:

[Ksec]

14. thats easy

Back when he was lying if you will remember, the bush administration was cock of the walk. Nobody questioned them, nobody could touch them, their actions went uncontested. This created arrogance. They thought they were bulletproof. This is what caused the lying. Libby really believed they were the untouchables. Little did he realize that years later this would all come back to haunt him.

[goodhue]

16. yes exactly

I've been obsessed with this for awhile now . . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5209972

[Gman]

18. Puke answer:

He lied to protect the country from the terrorists that want to destroy us. Today is a great day for Al-Queda!

Get ready.

[BattyDem]

22. Oh ... you're probably right!

:rofl:

[Inland]

21. His story was the only story that ended the investigation.

he said he got the ID from reporters. Now take ANY OTHER possible story---"I got it from Cheney", for example--and realize that it just opens up tons of questions, like: "why? what were you expected to do with this info? Where did he get it from? Why did he get it? Who else did he share it with? Who else was in the room, on the line? What did you say when he told you? What did he say in return?"

Scooter picked the one story that simply did not stimulate andy further questions to be asked of him or anyone else at the WH.

That's why. Now, did he know the ANSWERS would show criminal intent? Or did he just want out of the GJ room?

[sandnsea]

23. If she wasn't under cover, why lie at all

They've said she wasn't under cover since this broke, we need to make sure they don't weasel out of that. Because if she wasn't under cover, that's all Scooter had to say. He lied which proves he was covering up because she was under cover. And it is possible he lied to protect his own ass, pure and simple. He really could be the one that did this. In any event, it doesn't hurt to yammer incessantly about Libby never doing anything without discussing it with Cheney. What did Cheney know and when did he know it.