Prosecutors say Libby lied as trial winds down

[Judi Lynn]

Prosecutors say Libby lied as trial winds down
By Andy Sullivan
Reuters

Feb 20, 2007 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney lied to the FBI because he was worried he might face criminal charges for blowing a CIA employee's cover, the prosecution said on Tuesday as the trial neared its close.

Lewis "Scooter" Libby also feared he would lose his job as Cheney's chief of staff after he enlisted the vice president to clear his name, prosecutor Peter Zeidenberg told the jury in his closing argument.

"He had a choice to make — he could tell the truth and take his chances with the investigation, or he could lie. Ladies and gentlemen, he took the second choice," Zeidenberg said.

Libby is on trial for lying to investigators trying to find out who leaked a CIA analyst's identity after her husband accused the White House of twisting intelligence to bolster the case for invading Iraq.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2890096

[originalpckelly]

1. Wow! What a bad proofread:

"Jurors did not heard from Libby or Cheney."

[UpInArms]

2. that hurts my brain

:crazy:

[originalpckelly]

3. I didn't heard you, could you spoken up?

:rofl:

[goforit]

4. cute.

[UpInArms]

5. I speaked as loud as I cud

[Heidi]

6. Kick.

:kick:

[Doondoo]

7. Libby 'Told a Dumb Lie,' Prosecutor Says in Closing Argument

Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff lied to investigators about his role in leaking a CIA officer's identity in order to keep his job and protect the White House from political embarrassment, prosecutors told jurors yesterday in the closing arguments of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's perjury trial.

Pointing to a courtroom screen showing eight witnesses who contradicted Libby, Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald said it was no coincidence that Bush administration colleagues and reporters recalled Libby as intensely focused on undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame early in the summer of 2003, as her husband was publicly challenging the White House's rationale for going to war in Iraq.

"This is something important, something he was focused on, something he was angry about," Fitzgerald said. "He had a motive to lie, and . . . he stole the truth from the justice system."

Libby "told a dumb lie and got caught" when leak investigators refused to go away, Fitzgerald said. He added that Libby's lies had "left a cloud over the vice president" because Cheney's role in the leak remained unclear.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/20/AR2007022000122.html

[BOSSHOG]

8. "Criminalizing a faulty memory"

The latest "conservative" talking point with only one basis; "conservatives" should be not be held accountable for anything. To this wack job insane liberal veteran, its simply an admission of guilt. Throw the book at the republican statesman and issue more subpoenas higher up the criminal chain of command.

[Solly Mack]

9. LOL I have to laugh, sorry.

Please don't convict him because he lies so much, he can't remember what lies he tells.