On the Clock @ 53: Thanks.

the aspens will already be turning. They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them.

If I’m not mistaken, Scooter stole this line from Paul Valery, the early 20th-Century French Symbolist poet. That’s why Paul Valery’s name appeared on that long list of “witnesses” that Pach had on his live-blog during voir dire.

I think that the witness referred to is General Vallehy, Fox’s rightwing “military expert” that swears that Wilson “outed his wife” to him in the Green Room of Fox back in 2002! Given that he got all his dates wrong and that he never even mentioned this fact, or contacted the Prosecutor about for several years, and only waited until days after the first GJ expired…have to say that I’m dubious he’s willing to swear on the threat of perjury to this “recollection”.

“I didn’t do it”
It meaning spilled the milk? Broke the window with my baseball? Out a covert operative and got a bunch of people in serious life threatening situations?
Addington didn’t want to know. Better to be not in the know. Must be a lot he doesn’t know.

Wasn’t this when Addington then told the Libster that he was a Civil Officer and that he might be asked to testify? IE Shut your GOB you IDIOT! But then maybe Libby WANTED him to say “Libby said ‘I’m pure as the driven snow’.”

VP: “…sacrifice the guy this President asked to stick his neck in the meat grinder …,” :) :)

Wow!!!!! In other words this points to BUSH…BUSH…BUSH himself being the ONE that asked LIBBY to do the dirty work!!!

Does anyone else see the significance of this? CHENEY fingered Bush, then said, maybe I shouldn’t say WHO asked Libby to “stick his head in the meat grinder”!!!!

There goes the plausible deniability…this is perhaps the SMOKING GUN!

Oh, also. There are references to A.Q Khan in the notes? Is this some sleight of hand? Wasn’t V. Plame one of the people working on getting intelligence on A.Q.Khan? I think I remember reading that.

Plame Pakistan/Iran Connection

And Wilson’s source Mai Manga refers back to the 1999 Mission that Wilson investigated for the CIA that involved both Iranian and Pakistani (i.e. AQ Khan) efforts to obtain yellowcake from Niger…that’s in the CIA/ “unnamed” (Wilson) Debrief that Grossman & Ford passed about [should be in Fitz’s evidence on Day 1 or 2]

litigatormom @ 33
(BTW, did anyone else throw up when Addington described Abu G’s first obligation as “protecting the Constitution”?)

i thought, ‘whoa there, buddy. you’re under oath.’

BTW, did anyone else throw up when Addington described Abu G’s first obligation as “protecting the Constitution”?)

instantaneously, the thread became a vomitorium

I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, so I just went out and shot a 95 year old man in the face.

From the Forest Through The Trees Department:
Ed Teller@23 and Beth Meacham @ 21:

Oh, also. There are references to A.Q Khan in the notes? Is this some sleight of hand? Wasn’t V. Plame one of the people working on getting intelligence on A.Q.Khan? I think I remember reading that.

Combined with Sparkles comment from yesterday that revealing Plame was payback for the CIA CPD uncovering Halliburton’s-Iran Nukey connection.

Quite a picture is emerging through the trees regarding just how right Eisenhower was about the MIC.

It’s a reference to the 1999 trip that Wilson took to Niger–Wilson was looking into a possible uranium deal bt AQK and Niger

Thanks, Marcy. I am not up on that ‘99 trip; So the notes indicate that Libby and co. were aware that Joe Wilson had made a previous investigation trip for the CIA? Hmmmmm.

W Mr. Gonzales’ job was to protect President.

A First, to protect Constition, second, to protect the institution of the President, and third, to protect legal interests of President.

This coverage is fascinating. THIS EXCERPT SAYS IT ALL.
The difference between the universe of Wells/Libby/Cheney and the one Addington clarifies – the one we are fighting for wherein the constitution comes first.