No verdict from CIA leak jurors
Jurors deliberated Wednesday without reaching a verdict on whether former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby obstructed the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative married to a prominent Iraq war critic.
The eight women and four men heard 14 days of testimony, a full day of closing arguments and more than an hour of instructions from U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton before beginning their discussions. After 4 1/2 hours of deliberation, the jurors went home until Thursday.
The jurors include a former Washington Post reporter, an MIT-trained economist, a retired math teacher, a former museum curator, a law firm accountant, a Web architect and several retired or current federal workers. There are 10 whites and two blacks — unexpected in a city where blacks outnumber whites more than 2-to-1.
Libby, who was the chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, faces five felony counts that carry a combined top penalty of 30 years in prison. If convicted, Libby probably would be sentenced to far less under federal guidelines. http://tinyurl.com/2yqfl7 [Open in new window]
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OK, that's the latest off the wires. Here's my take on how things will go.
Libby WILL be convicted, the grand jury investigation will continue & Fitzgerald will try to 'flip' Libby to tell all about Cheney. Cheney's the target.
Will Libby be able to cool his heels in prison until GWB can pardon him or not? That's the question.
I hope some of the others in WHIG (WHITE HOUSE IRAQ GROUP) get the hairy eyeball from Fitz, too. Don't know. It's one step at a time. I trust the truth will out...
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Jurors deliberated Wednesday without reaching a verdict on whether former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby obstructed the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative married to a prominent Iraq war critic.
The eight women and four men heard 14 days of testimony, a full day of closing arguments and more than an hour of instructions from U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton before beginning their discussions. After 4 1/2 hours of deliberation, the jurors went home until Thursday.
The jurors include a former Washington Post reporter, an MIT-trained economist, a retired math teacher, a former museum curator, a law firm accountant, a Web architect and several retired or current federal workers. There are 10 whites and two blacks — unexpected in a city where blacks outnumber whites more than 2-to-1.
Libby, who was the chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, faces five felony counts that carry a combined top penalty of 30 years in prison. If convicted, Libby probably would be sentenced to far less under federal guidelines. http://tinyurl.com/2yqfl7 [Open in new window]
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OK, that's the latest off the wires. Here's my take on how things will go.
Libby WILL be convicted, the grand jury investigation will continue & Fitzgerald will try to 'flip' Libby to tell all about Cheney. Cheney's the target.
Will Libby be able to cool his heels in prison until GWB can pardon him or not? That's the question.
I hope some of the others in WHIG (WHITE HOUSE IRAQ GROUP) get the hairy eyeball from Fitz, too. Don't know. It's one step at a time. I trust the truth will out...
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