Put Jane Hamsher on your show. Nightly. This is what good journalism looks like: in addition to being articulate, bright, thorough, she’s BEAUTIFUL. At least ONE of those qualities should satisfy NBC “suits.”

Here’s my speculation on why the defense is trying to raise the 1-2-6 article so much, and are attempting to get details about it.

It would require Fitz to give up the names of those that either Rove or Libby contacted…and the name of the secret witness.

I suspect that the secret witness is someone that is on the DEFENSES witness list and that they blew it by not obtaining all the information about Libby meetings or statements from him. Or perhaps they put several people on THEIR witness list to feint…implying to Fitz that these individuals would, in fact, have exculpatory testimony exonerating Libby.

Let me guess further…Pincus is after all, on the DEFENSES witness list. So how in the world they can actually put Pincus on the stand and NOT allow the 1-2-6 article into evidence seems a bit strained to me. If they have him testify it will have to come in. And given that Libby says that he might be a source for information in that article, and kept an annotated copy of it in his files, it seems utterly germane to demonstrating his state of mind.

No…and this could be wildly delicious. Fitz asked several times in the taped GJ interrogation of Libby if Libby recalled EVER telling Pincus about “the wife” of the Ambassadior working in the CIA. Apparently he asked this in several different ways. In every case Libby said that he didn’t recall it, but was pretty certain he didn’t.

So it might just be that Fitz has learned from Pincus that Libby, in fact, did reveal that “Wilson’s wife” worked for the CIA back on June 12th. Pincus could be Fitz’s “secret witness”, and he didn’t want to reveal this by discussing the 1-2-6 doc in detail…esp. which reporters were told. That would have revealed precisely who the “secret witness” was…Pincus!

And maybe because Pincus is on Libby’s witness list Fitz doesn’t have to reveal him in “discovery”? Anyone know about the rules for this? But it sure seems that Fitz has somehow preserved a witness that is secret to the Defense and has them fishing for that individuals identity.

Imagine if Pincus testifies that Libby told him all back in early June! The direct result of Cheney’s little note!

Aha! Yes, that would explain it. But Fitz didn’t fall for it.

So does anyone think Fitz’s momentary pause and refusal to be pinned down on 1×2×6 might be an indication of lurking conspiracy charges?

Yeah. I strongly get the impression that this was something he wanted to be kept as a surprise — something he didn’t want Wells et al to know about just yet.

…After each indictment/conviction Fitzgerald obtained, the conspirators breathed a sigh of relief, thinking the worst was over. It wasn’t. Fitzgerald just kept moving up higher up on the feeding chain, eventually convicting the Governor of Illinois, George Ryan. Ryan was a longtime career politician/crook, but never got tripped up until Fitzgerald.

Waaaay laayaaayaate to this great party.
Nevertheless, your reminder of Fitz’s tenacity warms my heart on this subzero morning.
Thanks.

TheOtherWA @
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Check out Libby’s calendar for July 8th.

8:30am Office Time (3 hours) 2kWcdL— AA~~1ivj & $t~
There’s more to his schedule but look again at the morning.

Where’s that 2 hour breakfast with Judy at the St. Regis? Hmmm. Hiding something, Scooter?

That’s from the text version, which was (poorly) OCRed from an original which had hand-written an addition. That garbage at the end is apparently the OCR version of “Private Meeting @ St. Regis”, as shown in the pdf version.

Yeah, I figured that out eventually. Darn it. I should just change my nickname to Emily Litella.

It would require Fitz to give up the names of those that either Rove or Libby contacted…and the name of the secret witness.

I suspect that the secret witness is someone that is on the DEFENSES witness list and that they blew it by not obtaining all the information about Libby meetings or statements from him. Or perhaps they put several people on THEIR witness list to feint…implying to Fitz that these individuals would, in fact, have exculpatory testimony exonerating Libby.

Let me guess further…Pincus is after all, on the DEFENSES witness list. So how in the world they can actually put Pincus on the stand and NOT allow the 1-2-6 article into evidence seems a bit strained to me. If they have him testify it will have to come in. And given that Libby says that he might be a source for information in that article, and kept an annotated copy of it in his files, it seems utterly germane to demonstrating his state of mind.

No…and this could be wildly delicious. Fitz asked several times in the taped GJ interrogation of Libby if Libby recalled EVER telling Pincus about “the wife” of the Ambassadior working in the CIA. Apparently he asked this in several different ways. In every case Libby said that he didn’t recall it, but was pretty certain he didn’t.

So it might just be that Fitz has learned from Pincus that Libby, in fact, did reveal that “Wilson’s wife” worked for the CIA back on June 12th. Pincus could be Fitz’s “secret witness”, and he didn’t want to reveal this by discussing the 1-2-6 doc in detail…esp. which reporters were told. That would have revealed precisely who the “secret witness” was…Pincus!

And maybe because Pincus is on Libby’s witness list Fitz doesn’t have to reveal him in “discovery”? Anyone know about the rules for this? But it sure seems that Fitz has somehow preserved a witness that is secret to the Defense and has them fishing for that individuals identity.

Imagine if Pincus testifies that Libby told him all back in early June! The direct result of Cheney’s little note!

SWOPA- this will seem silly to you, but for little ole me out here in the boonies, seeing you, after reading your posts here and on needlenose, has kind of a wow feeling for me. Yeah, silly.

After each indictment/conviction Fitzgerald obtained, the conspirators breathed a sigh of relief, thinking the worst was over. It wasn’t. Fitzgerald just kept moving up higher up on the feeding chain, eventually convicting the Governor of Illinois, George Ryan. Ryan was a longtime career politician/crook, but never got tripped up until Fitzgerald.