Has anyone else picked up the splendid irony that Libby’s trial will coincide with Saddam’s trial?…
This is an “Open Diary” in progress what are your thoughts on this? Have you notice that Saddam’s trial is no longer in the news? Do you think that the Dems can keep the pressure up for a full year?
Parker – Libby’s trial is no longer in the news! The MSM can’t handle more than one story at a time, it was just a one-day flash. It is a delicious irony that the trials of most of george’s cronies will serve to destroy his precious secrecy.
george flits like a housefly from enemy to enemy. Right now, he’s focused on all those foreign chickens.
Yes Alice, I for one hope that Libby’s trial will be held off for at least another six months, just in time for the ’06 election campaigns to be gearing up. Then it will remind the voters just how corrupt the republicans are. Let’s see, Libby, Delay, Frist trials in June would be real pretty!
Yeah they were going to use Saddam’s trial as campaign advertisment for the 2006 GOP candidates… hopefully there will be two trials going on at the same time.
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No I don’t expect both trials to coincide.
The National Security Secrets involved in the court trial will cause a lot of maneuvering by defense counsel and the U.S. Dep’t of Justice prosecutors (DoJ). Thus, expect a six month delay before the actual trial of I. Lewis Libby will begin. This time slot is nice to see whether a deal can be arranged to prevent 30-year sentencing.
The Saddam trial will also be delayed when more defense trial lawyers are assassinated in Baghdad, security is worsening on a daily basis. Perhaps there will be a call to have trial of Saddam done by an International Court of Law, similar to the Scottish trial held in The Netherlands for the two Libyans tried for the TWA bombing above Lockerbie.
I do expect a conjunction of two trials: Saddam Hussein in 2006 with the trial in the U.S. or Impeachment of VP Dick Cheney .
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
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Libby is only being indicted today. He will enter his answer to the charges against him. The trial will not happen for some time.