Edwards Statement on Libby Verdict

[JohnLocke]

Edwards Statement On Libby Verdict
John Edwards for President
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina--Senator John Edwards released the following statement today about the recent verdict finding Vice President Cheney’s former Chief of Staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby guilty on multiple counts in the CIA leak case.

"Today's verdict in the Libby case is an important step in holding the Administration accountable for its consistent misuse and manipulation of intelligence to further its ideological agenda. But there are serious questions about whether the buck actually stopped with Scooter Libby. The American people deserve to know if Mr. Libby has been made a scapegoat in order to protect anyone else."

http://johnedwards.com/news/headlines/20070306-libbyverdict/

[razors edge]

1. It would have been

somewhat harder to make that statement if he were still in the senate, and not lifted a finger to find out.

Pretty safe now that its not his job to do so. Will he push others to dig into it, or just let it slide, I wonder.

[NDP]

4. Why is that? Hillary and Obama aren't voting on the Libby trial

[razors edge]

5. From his quote:

"Today's verdict in the Libby case is an important step in holding the Administration accountable for its consistent misuse and manipulation of intelligence to further its ideological agenda. But there are serious questions about whether the buck actually stopped with Scooter Libby. The American people deserve to know if Mr. Libby has been made a scapegoat in order to protect anyone else."

Now that he is in no position to do anything to follow up his assertions, it becomes easier to make them.

[JohnLocke]

2. Kick (nt).

[Seabiscuit]

3. Edwards plays "American Idol"'s Simon Cowell to Hillary's Paula Abdul. n/t

[JohnLocke]

6. Kick (nt).