With voir dire on weekend hiatus [1], David Shuster over at Hardblogger recaps some highlights [2] and suggests Fitzgerald may be hinting at some aggressive cross-examination for the vice-president.
MBA president, Robert Cox, offers a more restrained perspective on the rejection process comparing the “jurors don’t like Cheney†meme to a media-wide game of telephone tag [3].
James Joyner contextualizes CNN’s coverage of the “blogging in the court†story (video included) and explains what we can expect bloggers to add to a process already covered by professional journalists [4]. Also, as voir dire barrels into a new week, Joyner opines that the defense team appears less interested in facts than in politics [5].
During a quiet moment at firedoglake, Pachacutec and emptywheel stop by for a visit and help throw together some transcript-esque play-by-play [6] for today’s episode of Survivor: Jury Island.
From the Desk of Patrick J. Fitzgerald muses on an ironic historical juxtaposition [7] surrounding the use of the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse as the venue for a trial so intertwined with corruption.
Jeralyn from TalkLeft takes a break from voir dire commentary and imparts some perspective on what Team Libby’s strategic plan may be for the vital opening arguments [8].
Contributing at the Daily Kos, emptywheel notices a curious discrepancy in Libby’s denial that may hint at an admission [9] to leaking something classified to Novak about Wilson. Was the mainstream media was too hasty in swallowing Armitage as the source?
Stepping over to firedoglake, emptywheel pens an eviscerating indictment (pun intended) of the way Libby’s memory defense highlights his failures on national security [10]. Prepare for a ruckus stroll down memory lane with all the joy of open-mouth gum surgery.
Finally, enjoying some caffeine at TPM Café, Todd Gitlin [11] shoots a quick “get a clue†aide memoire to the Wall Street Journal.
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Links:
[1] http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011907S.shtml
[2] http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/19/36730.aspx
[3] http://www.mediabloggers.org/robert-cox/phone-tag-pundits-mislead-viewers
[4] http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/01/blogging_the_libby_trial_otb_and_mba_on_cnn/
[5] http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/01/libby_trial_politics_central_facts_secondary/
[6] http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/22/libby/
[7] http://patrickjfitzgerald.blogspot.com/2007/01/e-barrett-prettyman.html
[8] http://www.talkleft.com/story/2007/1/21/2161/89350
[9] http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/1/19/193537/502
[10] http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/19/libbys-memory-defense-highlights-his-failures-on-national-security/#more-6623
[11] http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2007/jan/20/paul_gigot_discovers_evils_of_criminalization
[12] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthehindsightfactor.com%2Flibby_leftly_leaning_monday_january_22nd&linkname=Libby%3A%20Leftly%20Leaning%20-%20Monday%2C%20January%2022nd
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