Props to Marcy (@5:34).

Michael Isikoff’s coverage of Dick Cheney’s interview (h/t Leen) seems designed as much to defend his bad reporting on the CIA Leak case as to report the content of the interview itself. It’s not that I expected Isikoff to point out that Cheney refused to say things to Fitzgerald that Cheney’s own lawyer had been [...]

There is one important implication of the way Cheney hung Libby out to dry: it would have made an IIPA charge against Libby possible, if not for the inconclusive nature of Judy Miller’s testimony.

Okay, prepare for the onslaught of weeds. Here’s one that made me vomit, from the very beginning of the Cheney interview report. Vice President Cheney was represented by Terrence O’Donnell and Emmet T. Flood of the law firm of Williams and Connolly… Cheney was formally represented not only by Terry O’Donnell but also by Emmet [...]

[Ed. Note: be sure to catch emptywheel's previous post regarding the release today of Cheney's interview materials.] There is a lot in Cheney’s interview report–we’ll have a busy weekend. But for the moment, let’s start with this bit: After the Vice President again mentioned that he was pressed for time, two separate requests were made [...]

Now that Dick Cheney is suggesting he won’t cooperate with a torture investigation, what does that suggest about Lanny Breuer’s efforts to try to keep Cheney’s CIA Leak case inteview secret?

Lanny Breuer’s spokesperson says he doesn’t have a conflict in the Cheney FOIA case because his representation of John Kiriakou was more than two years ago. That raises the question of just whose interests Breuer is representing.

Novak brings many secrets to the grave about his role in the Plame outing. Here are some of those secrets.

With the recent release of a myriad of e-mails, documents and breathy reportage and leakage, it’s no wonder that Rove and Gold Bars Luskin tried to get themselves out in front of the wave by giving multiple “exclusives.” Oxymorons notwithstanding, when you have bad PR coming your way, it’s always better to stand in front of it shouting “look, over there!”

It’s like the dogs in Up.

Lanny Breuer provided John Kiriakou, who responded to Dick Cheney’s inquiries at CIA about Joe Wilson, with at least $5000 of legal services. Doesn’t that mean he probably shouldn’t have been the guy at DOJ who submitted a declaration insisting on keeping Cheney’s interview with Patrick Fitzgerald secret?