CIA leak jury recesses for weekend

[PA Democrat]

WASHINGTON - Jurors deliberated a third day Friday 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.

After 2 1/2 days of deliberations over the fate of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, the eight women and four men went home until Monday.

In addition to obstruction of the leak investigation, Libby is charged with lying to the FBI and a grand jury about how he learned about and whom he told about CIA operative Valerie Plame.

Prosecutors say he concocted a story to avoid losing his job for disclosing classified information to reporters without authorization. Libby said he gave investigators his best recollection of what happened and any errors resulted from memory flaws.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak_trial

[Monkeyman]

1. Its Hung

[kimmerspixelated]

2. I predict that Libby goes free.

Then What?

[seriousstan]

3. I think you pack away your Fitzmas ornaments and take down the tree.

[kimmerspixelated]

7. Party pooper!!!

[seriousstan]

8. LOL, I didn't even notice your name when I posted that reply.

[kimmerspixelated]

9. Well that's a relief!

I thought you were suggesting I get out of Dodge!

[PA Democrat]

4. I hope not.

There was a lot of evidence presented, including a long list a characters and confusing time lines. I am hoping, that based upon the jury's request for a flip chart, post-it notes, markers, and pictures of the various witnesses, that they are just being very methodical in their deliberations.

[Bumblebee]

10. Probably not yet. They would have asked for more materials if the

majority was trying to convince the minority, and that's what David Shuster just said on Hardball as well. The most recent trial in that courthouse, as he pointed out, that of Safavian, took 5 days of deliberation and the guy was convicted on all but one counts (and there may have been five counts all in all.) It is quite likely that they "do" one count a day, and do it methodically. I suspect Libby and Co are not as deliriously happy as some people on this list are panicky...

[Beetwasher]

15. Exactly, It's Five COMPLEX Indictments

Remember, there is a somewhat complex, detailed timeline of events that can relate to each indictment. It's crazy to think they'd be done deliberating by now. It's encouraging that it seems they are probably carefully deliberating. I expect guilty verdicts, perhaps not on EVERY indictment, but on at LEAST one.

[Windy]

5. There are holdouts

I'm a paralegal. Usually, when it takes this long, someone can't be swayed in one direction or another.

[eppur_se_muova]

6. Thanks for update. nt

[oldtime dfl_er]

11. the jury may know

that the eyes of the country are on them (if not the MSM), and are being extremely cautious. From what I've read there are a lot of bright people on that jury, and they don't want to do anything hastily. I won't worry until early next week. Still predicting 4 out of 5 charges "guilty".

[SlowDownFast]

12. Patience, people.

There are FIVE, count 'em, 1,2,3,4 and 5 counts against ScootiePoo.

These things take time....

[never cry wolf]

13. Ding, ding ding!

There are 5 separate counts and each must be considered individually... I would think it would be about a 70/30 guilty chance on each, but each must be considered independent of the others... I just hope to hell there is not a mole on the jury that will hold out on all no matter what....

[Beetwasher]

14. Yup

They are carefully examing FIVE COMPLEX indictments. 3 days deliberating is no biggie.

[Garbo 2004]

17. Actually 2.5 days. The case didn't go to the jury until mid day Wednesday. n/t

[Grandrose]

16. Something smells fishy.....

Apparently this is not the typical DC jury pool?
Will most likely be hung jury or acquittal, in any
case he would have been pardoned. So whats new!!!:grr: