Libby trial: The summation
Is it just me, or does that sound like a very bad defence?“The wheels are falling off the Bush administration,” Mr. Wells said. “Thousands of young kids are on the ground there [Iraq]. It’s a crazy period.”
“This is a man with a wife and two children; he is a good person,” Mr. Wells told the jury in his final words. “He’s been under my protection for the last month. I give him to you. Give him back to me.”
With that, Mr. Wells teared up, sobbed audibly and sat down.
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Poor Libby, what an ordeal and what a pitiful defense by Mr. Wells. People in this administration have been all having memory problems. I say Libby must be indicted. We habe been lied to too much and too often. If Libby's job was so stressful then he should not have asked for it in the first place ! What a bunch !
Sophia,
It's bad sign when your lawyer resorts to tears in an attempt to win public sympathy for you.
And I love the spurious claim that other matters of office distracted him. All the evidence points in the other direction and states that discrediting Wilson became the primary aim that drove both Libby and Cheney. Other matters of office apear to have been put on a back burner as Libby set out to stop anyone questioning the lies that were told to ensure the Iraq war.
Kel,
There must be another explanation for Well's defense. Read the analysis of anti-torture blogger Delilah Boyd here:
http://ascrivenerslament.blogspot.com/2007/02/libby-trial-focus-on-jury-not-on-clock.html
Thanks for that Sophia. The defence are obviously playing the jury for all it's worth.
And we know they have psychologists galore telling them how they should play it.
But tears from the defence lawyers is a new technique to me. We'll find out soon how successful that tactic was. If it fails, Cheney might be the next person in Fitz's cross hairs.
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