I’m just sorry I missed the final exciting minutes — MERRY FITZMAS, EVERONE!!!

I’m so glad I’ll be back home in time for KO tonight.

Thank you FDL for the incredible coverage.

Regarding the Cooper count (the one he was acquited on), he said he didn’t want to tell us this, but basically they didn’t see enough evidence (”affirmation of information in the story” or anything in Cooper’s notes). He revered to the ever/even issue in Cooper’s notes. He said that Wells’ argument about “ever” vs. “even” amounted to “only weighing about 6 ounces… but it raised reasonable doubt”.

I guess that’s why they wanted the definition of reasonable doubt!

I want a cigarette, and I haven’t smoked in years…

Thank you, jurors.

Joe Wilson on with KO tonight!!

I guess KO is comin’ back from vacation for this. [He was on vac last night.]

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Merry Fitzmas gang!

the blog that could, would and did.

the trolls are quiet…

Denis Colins, a male juror, who was a reporter, is taking questions now (I’m watching MSNBC, but I imagine most networks have this main feed).

He earlier said it was hard to come to a hasty judgement.

He says they have 34 post-it pages filled with info they distilled from the testimony.

He said after the 34 post-it pages, they realized that he had been told NINE times about “Mr. Wilson’s Wife”. He said the jury believed while Libby probably did have a bad memory, they knew he had an incredible knack for details, and it was very unlikely that he would have forgotten about the wife.

He said there was a tremendous amount of sympathy for Libby – he said that many questioned, “where’s Rove, where’s Cheney” and the jury believed Wells’ statement that Libby was the fall guy for the admin.

(I dont want this to get too long, so I’ll stop now).

And for anyone who still blathers the BS about how this case is actually “criminalizing politics”, I offer the following

Valerie Plame’s job was to track and disrupt the transfer of WsMD to rogue regimes, groups and individuals, with Iran the focus of her attempts at the time of her outing

In the course of her efforts, she used a CIA front operation called Brewster Jennings, which meant that she had various dealings with undercover operatives, and double agents in other govts, around the world

So…..

How did outing Plame make this country safer as a result?

How did outing Plame make it easier to recruit the best and the brightest to help keep WsMD out of the hands of rogue regimes, groups and individuals?

When Plame was outed, it was inevitable that her CIA front of Brewster Jennings would be disclosed as well, thereby exposing all those undercover operatives and double agents in other Govts

How did outing Plame, and then Brewster Jennings make it easier to recruit the foreign operatives and double agents needed to keep WsMD out of the hands of rogue regimes, groups and individuals?

How did the Administration’s DELIBERATE outing of Plame increase the trust level between the White House and the CIA’s intelligence analysts?

There’s no way to answer those questions in ways both logical and positive for this Administration