Media Channel has the transcript of Spooky Judy’s appearance on Lou ‘I hate hispanics’ Dobbs’s program:
MILLER: Well, let’s wait and see what Mr. Fitzgerald has. If he brings indictments, if he has a very serious case, then I might have to say that perhaps his zealousness with respect to this mission was justified. I don’t know what Mr. Fitzgerald has. I’m waiting to see like everybody else what he produces. But if he doesn’t have anything, I will wonder about why I had to spend 85 days in jail, and why I may be the only one to spend time in jail.
But we don’t know yet, Lou. It’s interesting to me, nobody has been able to crack the case yet. Nobody knows what he’s working on.
Fitzgerald has already proved that he doesn’t much care what Judith Miller thinks of him. But Judy has a point. A lot of people, especially in print journalism, are going to be pissed off if Fitzgerald doesn’t indict someone. They are going to be pissed on Spooky Judy’s behalf. Why did she have to spend 85 days in jail so Fitz could prove that no crimes were committed?
No. I think all prosecutors feel pressure to bring charges when they take on a big case. That psychological fact is actually a good argument for both the presumption of innocence and against the death penalty. And if Fitz has Republican leanings, he also has to explain why this investigation has gone on so long, and why he put a journalist in jail.
I predict that Fitz has found a way to prosecute the Plame Affair and that the hammer is about to drop.
Man. Up late clicking on the refresh button. Pizza boxes. Empty six-pack of Mountain Dew. Starting to smell pretty bad, too. Kids lunches pretty muched sucked today, I think they will tell their friends.
I don’t know about Judy. But I’m going to be pissed if and indictment doesn’t come down soon.
Patience. He has until the 28th (?).
I’m excited that you’re disheveled and smelly.
I think that mean that you’re going to give us your legal analysis when the indictments come.
I hope so.
(What if Judy is indicted? Or does she have good reason — based on her statements quoted by Boo — to think she won’t be?)
P.S. I set my alarm for 4 a.m. (It’s tough being on the West Coast.) I turned on CNN and MSNBC, and rolled over, but the snooze alarm kept going off every 7 minutes or so, and I’d check … I may need a nap soon!)
What I know about federal law and practice isn’t much. Of course, it might be enough to earn me a nomination to the Supreme Court. But beyond that. I’d be only slightly more than a lay witness.
But I will surely give you my two cents.
when I become President I will make sure to nominate you for the Supreme Court. I’ll explain that I once had a few beers with you and I know your heart, and I know you won’t change. Unless Salunga gets involved, and then all bets are off.
Also, you already know your way around Capitol Hill, and aren’t afraid to walk to your hotel at 3:00 am in a stupor. Surely that is a skillset all SC judges need.
I’m glad Joe walks. That means he has CS — important for a SCJ, I think.
A couple years ago, a Washington state supreme court justice got drunk at a party and drove home, plowing into numerous parked cars along the way. She was arrested, and had to do community service + pay a big fine.
Ahahahahah!
Hey, when BooMan is President, I’d be proud to be nominated. Imangine the policy changes that will have taken place at that point. I would breeze to confirmation, answering all questions, unlike our friend Mr. Roberts.
Plus, in my pre-confirmation speeches, I could say, “BooMan is one of the smartest men I’ve ever met. A great mind to lead this country.” Only I’d mean it.
with a zealously pursued case that dwindles to nothing in the end. This guy has a big ego and seems to be a real old-school bulldog. He’s probably a prosecutor of the type who likes publicity, but not if it shows him harassing some poor lady reporter for nothing. There will be indictments.
I watched that lovefest…I mean “interview”. What disturbs me is that she and Lou have set her up as the Martyr for the cause of journalists protecting their sources, yet she stated that she doesn’t know why she went to jail if there are no indictments? So much for her sainthood. It wasn’t about whether Fitzgerald has anything, it was about her stonewalling. She obviously doesn’t get that.
LOL – I have to disagree, he hates more than Hispanics, he is a zenophobe.
He was very joyful while interviewing John Ralston Saul, Canadian philospher who believes that Globalization is dead. Lou seemed to think that Saul’s philosophy is supportive judging by his Chesire cat grin throughout the interview.
I haven’t read Saul’s works but I doubt that he favors the zenophobia of Lou Dobbs. Saul is married to the former Governor General of Canada, Adrienne Clarkson, Chinese-Canadian, born in Hong Kong.
Mr. Saul is also Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France (1996) and he received the Pablo Neruda International Presidential Medal of Honour from the Chilean Government, the only Canadian to be so honoured.
I thought it was Lou “I Hate Mexicans” Dobbs.
how could anyone hate Mexicans? Lou needs to get out of the studio and meet some people.
barrios in Tucson where he could start his cultural competency training.
Everything I know about Fitzgerald, every small clue about this case (particularly including the case he made to the judges – plural – to get the contempt charge against Judy, Judy, Judy, in the first place), tells me that not only does he have a case, not only will he indict, but that he has a strong and well developed case and that indictments will likely turn into convictions or pleas.
Have patience my friends. This guy is doing it right and thoroughly. If the anticipation is bothering you just stop and think how Rove, Cheney, bush, et al, are experiencing it.
Lawrence O’Donnell, a man with a history of making accurate predictions about this case is now prediciting:
I got this rumor via Americablog.
going to have to hose you down soon, Joe.
when confronted with a White House that contains only George and Laura, without Rove or Cheney to run anything?
CNN Teaser: New Developments in the Plame Investigation. After the Break.
He says, holding his breath through the commercial break.
(Then again, exhaling, they would have cut in with the breaking news graphic and concerto music if the indictments were out, instead of going to commercial, righ? I am such a glutton for punishment).
Washington Prosecutors have accepted an offer from Karl Rove to give eleven hour testimony. Prosecutors have warned him that he may still be indicted.
I just wrote that too on FBC, isn’t this exciting!!!!!!!Does it look to you like someone is trying to cover his ass.
I’ve got no idea. If I’m Rove’s attorney, and I’ve been warned that I may be indicted, I cannot imagine very many circumstances where I would advise my client to say anything.
Sometimes clients don’t listen though. And in this case, given the egos, and the potential political fallout, perhaps Rove thinks it best to talk. He could be thinking 1) I am brilliant, I can talk my way out of this or 2) we’re fucked, so I’m taking one for the team.
And then, there is the possiblity that he is going to cut a deal. But I don’t understand why it would be done via testimony. A deal would be finalized though attorneys. Perhaps with testimony as a part of the deal. So I guess that is third option I can imagine. This testimony is part of what Rove is giving to keep fat ass out of can. And Fitz is going to evaluate it before he agrees to deal, or something. Like a proffer.
Possibilities are endless I suppose, but those are my thoughts.
or could this be a case of the ‘trees are turning’, is he sent out there via Bush to save Bush…..
strange that it comes on the heels of Miller’s reporting.
Yeah. Could be. Honestly. Anything possible. I can only offer rampant speculation. I can’t imagine how you would let a client testify, knowing a prosecutor has said an indictment is a possibility. You just can’t give that advice, unless you know something that protects your client. Or your client insists despite your advice. Or your client doesn’t care, because he has goals different that keeping his ass out of jail.
From ap wire service
“”WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give 11th-hour testimony in the case of a CIA officer’s leaked identity but have warned they cannot guarantee he won’t be indicted, according to people directly familiar with the investigation.
The persons, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of grand jury secrecy, said Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has not made any decision yet on whether to file criminal charges against the longtime confidant of President Bush or others.
The U.S. attorney’s manual requires prosecutors not to bring witnesses before a grand jury if there is a possibility of future criminal charges unless they are notified in advance that their grand jury testimony can be used against them in a later indictment.
Rove has already made at least three grand jury appearances and his return at this late stage in the investigation is unusual.”
here is link to above : story
not 11-hour testimony. Heh.
It doesn’t bother me a bit that Fitzgerald is taking his time. He is dealing with some very powerful and very corrupt people, and he better be sure to dot every i and cross every t. There have been occasional reports of who was subpeonaed to testify, and he seems to be talking to any one with even the remotest link to the Plame leak (including Jeff Gannon/Guckert who apparently was leaked the June 2003 memo that first named “Valerie Wilson).
This case cannot be rushed, and I am glad Fitzgerald is moving slowly.
Watch Bush complaining about how much work it is to sign all the pardons for this administration.