Cheney aide describes Libby's memory as 'awful' (on certain things)

[Kadie]

Cheney aide describes Libby's memory as 'awful'
POSTED: 12:52 p.m. EST, February 13, 2007

Story Highlights
• NEW: Aide says I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby had hectic schedule, shoddy memory
• NYT editor says ex-reporter never talked about pursuing Valerie Plame story
• Libby's attorneys attack ex-NYT reporter Judith Miller's credibility
• Who's who of journalism grilled about where they learned Plame worked for CIA


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney's national security adviser described his predecessor, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Tuesday as someone responsible for the nation's most sensitive intelligence but whose memory was notoriously spotty.

John Hannah, who served as Libby's deputy in 2003 and 2004, described a workday that began with a highly classified CIA briefing and continued at breakneck speed from one top-level meeting to the next.

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"He was the key person talking about and helping advise the vice president on issues of homeland security," Hannah testified.

Hannah is a critical defense witness because he bolsters Libby's argument that he was focused on terrorist threats, foreign intelligence and war planning. And when it came to remembering things in such a fast-paced environment, Hannah said, Libby frequently faltered.

"On certain things, Scooter just had an awful memory," Hannah said.

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/13/cia.leak.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest



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[Virginia Dare]

1. That was part of the job description...

I know nothing! Nothing!

[Kadie]

4. ROFL

:)

[tanyev]

2. "On certain things"

Yeah, I'll bet ol' Scooter has a mental list of the specific things on which he needs to have an awful memory.

[goforit]

3. How convenient.....for Libby that is.

[flyarm]

5. 1. libby is an attorney 2. how did he pass the bar with a bad memory?

3. attorney's need to have facts and know damn well if they can't remember the facts, they better damn well have notes!!

this is more muddying..bullshit!

fly

[Missy Vixen]

6. They're burying the lead

This is loosely paraphrased, but Patrick Fitzgerald asked Mr. Hannah if Mr. Libby had time in his schedule to have coffee for a couple of hours to discuss something. Mr. Hannah said, "It would be tough," then Patrick Fitzgerald said something to the effect that it would have to be very important to Mr. Libby, right?

LMAO.

Contrast these statements with the schedule that's already been revealed in the testimony and the government's exhibits. He spent two hours at a lunch meeting with Judy Miller? He met with Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz? He managed to compile a notebook on Ambassador Wilson and "the wife," then spread the information all over town? According to at least one of the jurors' questions, this was not lost on them.

Patrick Fitzgerald: He shoots, he SCORES!

Julie

[Redbear]

7. This testimony is the equivalent of the mother of the murder defendant testifying.

"He couldn't have killed those four people because he was home with me playing UNO."