Libby trial jury selection: a former WP reporter, with connection to Libby survives first round

[sabra]

http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=5951294&nav=0jsh

Former newspaper reporter cleared for jury pool

WASHINGTON A former Washington Post reporter has survived the initial cut as a potential juror in the trial of a former White House aide.
His selection comes even though he lived near N-B-C's Tim Russert, and worked with the Post's Bob Woodward -- both of whom could testify.

The unidentified man is also friends with a lawyer who played touch football with Lewis Libby, the former Dick Cheney chief of staff who faces perjury charges.

Accepting the man into the jury pool shows how tough a time lawyers have had picking a jury. Several people have already been disqualified over strong feelings about the Bush administration.

:crazy:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

1. Oh... yeah.. impartial jury...

Um... Yeah.

Jury of his peers- well... yeah- I guess this one really is one of his peers.

[sabra]

3. looks like we found our foreman

[ncrainbowgrrl]

6. LOL. (sadly, lol)

eerily enough, this may be true...

[louis-t]

2. So 7 out of 10 jurors will be disqualified

because they hate shit-fer-brains. The other 3 out of 10 have ties to shrubco. Guess which ones will get picked.

[AndyA]

4. Several people have already been disqualified over strong feelings about the Bush administration.

I would think that would be a formidable task. Finding anyone SANE who doesn't have strong anti-Bush feelings these days is next to impossible.

If they don't have strong anti-Bush feelings, they're drinking the Kool-Aid, or they are not paying attention at all.

[sabra]

5. you pretty much need to have ties to BushCo to not fall under that

category...