WB: Pig in a Blanket
Billmon:
It would probably be that Fitz is indeed putting all his chips on Libby, and has good reason to believe Rove's testimony will help him hit the jackpot. I don't get the sense that Fitzgerald is spoiling for a constitutional death match, which is what he (and we) would get if the not-so-special prosecutor went after Big Time on conspiracy or obstruction or false statement charges.
It almost makes me nostalgic for the glory days of Ken Starr, ...
Posted by b on June 13, 2006 at 03:15 PM | Permalink
My prediction of a BFEE rear attack on Dick Cheney seems to be on track. As a reward, Fitz will occupy the Attorney General post in the Jeb! administration.
Posted by: gylangirl | Jun 13, 2006 4:05:58 PM | 2
there was not much chance such a scandal would amount to much, except as a necessary theater demonstrating the sacrifice of an elite or two to the rule of law in order to reproduce the usual dissimulation that no one is above the law.
Posted by: slothrop | Jun 13, 2006 4:47:37 PM | 3
as was mentioned by someone here long ago, there's a strategic reason why leakers are so difficult to prosecute "under the law." and now we see the law works quite well.
Posted by: slothrop | Jun 13, 2006 4:54:48 PM | 4
and rgiap had it exactly right; firedoglake are "ambulance-chasers."
Posted by: slothrop | Jun 13, 2006 5:02:58 PM | 5
also, it is more and more obvious fitzgerald accommodated rove w/ 5 gj testimonies, not to give rove "more rope" to hang himself, but to help rove to lie his way out of indictment.
also, as joe digenova says on neshour tonight: "fitz effectively detroyed the habit of a journo to protect sources," this accompanied by the rathead digenova w/ a wry smile. as some of us noted long ago here, the judy miller affaire would eventuallty be used to consolidate executive power.
this whole episode, which far too many of us embarrassingly hoped would crack bush, was masterfully exploited by elites.
Posted by: slothrop | Jun 13, 2006 8:59:04 PM | 6
and I too am among the embarrassed, because I experienced as well a frisson of malicious glee for a rove indictment. silly me.
Posted by: slothrop | Jun 13, 2006 9:08:06 PM | 7
yes
we were foolish to believe a jurisprudence that created the likes of john yoo, john ashcroft, alberto gonzales & scalia was a jurisprudence that might hang this self evidently criminal administration
i must have been blind
Posted by: remembereringgiap | Jun 13, 2006 9:16:31 PM | 8
yes, rgiap. once again we are served a little lesson in the unification of base & superstructure.
Posted by: slothrop | Jun 13, 2006 9:44:40 PM | 9
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emptywheel thinks maybe it is Big Time:
and following through(from Joe Wilson's lawyer):
Posted by: beq | Jun 13, 2006 3:33:03 PM | 1