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Thu 21 Sep 2006 18:24
by Kevin McGehee
75° and fair
in Coweta County, GA
[Courting Disaster]
[Wackadoodle]
[Yippee-Ki-Yay!]
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...er, I mean skate.
The judge in the CIA leak case ruled Thursday that if Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald feels that admitting certain classified documents at the upcoming trial of I Lewis “Scooter” Libby can jeopardize national security, Fitzgerald can then move to dismiss the perjury charges against Libby.
Judge Reggie Walton cannot automatically allow classified materials to be admitted at trial. He first must go through a series of closed hearings under CIPA regulations. CIPA, the Classified Information Procedures Act, protects and restricts the discovery of classified information in a way that does not impair the defendant’s right to a fair trial. It also allows the government to propose a redacted version of a classified document as a substitution for the original, having deleted only non-relevant classified information.
In his ruling this morning, the Judge Walton, has given a technical legal victory to Libby’s attorneys concerning the admissibility of classified materials they want to present at trial for their defense.» NBC News: Fitzgerald given way out of Libby CIA leak case
Fitzmas was already going to be a sparse affair, what with Roast Rove and Cheney Fricassee having already been removed from the menu. But now even the one dish Fitzgerald had in the oven—Scooter Pie—isn’t baking according to the recipe.
Fear not, BDS sufferers! I’m sure the Republican Party will pitch in for a large pizza. But you’ll only get one topping.
Crow.
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