The problem is that it was during a commercial break on the radio, and I wasn't listening carefully. Now I'm hearing it again:
Count one -- perjury -- guilty,
Count two -obstruction -- guilty
Count three -- not guilty.
I guess I heard right!
I think this is an example of a runaway independent prosecutor, and I hope Bush has the courage to pardon him. (That is, if he has been found guilty.)
The whole thing was a big mess from start to finish.
MORE: As usual, Tom Maguire is on top of this, and I'm sure he'll have the most thorough analysis available.
AND MORE (12:37 p.m.): Still waiting for Tom Maguire's verdict. Right now all he has is a post titled "The Deep Breath Before The Icy Plunge", and I like this comment from M. Simon:
I hope the Duke Lacrosse case doesn't go to trial.
MORE: Jane Hamsher was there, and lists the verdicts on all five counts:
To say it was tense in the courtroom as we were waiting for a verdict would be an understatement. My heart was pounding in my chest as it all started to become real for me, all we'd done, how far we'd come.
Libby was stoic and Mrs. Libby daubed her eyes as the verdict was read. Nobody on the prosecution showed much emotion but Zeidenberg held his head in his hands. Libby himself was seated between Wells and Jeffress. He did not move.
Afterwards Mrs. Libby came up and hugged Jeffress profusely, then Wells, saying "love you, love you" with much emotion. Then all the rest of the defense team. She didn't hug Scooter however, or hold his hand, or even make eye contact.
Wells said he would make a statement in the hallway in 10 minutes, and Fitzgerald will give one on the courthouse steps.
It's a good day to be an American, huh?
I don't share her assessment of the day, obviously.
MORE (1:20 p.m.): Tom Maguire delivers his verdict:
Let's be clear - when the Yankees lose, I am both disappointed and surprised; today I am disappointed.
MORE (1:37 p.m.) Glenn Reynolds and Pajamas Media both have nice roundups of links, and Glenn opines on the pardon issue:
Will a pardon be forthcoming? My guess is Bush will wait till the end, a la Clinton and Bush I, but who knows?
I know I've said this before, but I hope Bush pardons Hillary too. Might makefer a cozy twofer.
Fitzgerald adopted the discredited Wilson's script and focused his three-year investigation on Cheney, Libby, and Rove--and not, inexplicably, on others. Not on Armitage. Not on Ari Fleischer, either. The recent trial revealed that the former White House press secretary was granted immunity from prosecution, and that he admitted to telling two reporters about Plame's employment. Those reporters were never even questioned. Nor did any charges arise from Fleischer's faulty memory, even though a third reporter (Pincus) testified that Fleischer had told him too about Plame--something that Fleischer denied under oath.
There should have been no referral, no special counsel, no indictments, and no trial. The "CIA-leak case" has been a travesty. A good man has paid a very heavy price for the Left's fevers, the media's scandal-mongering, and President Bush's failure to unify his own administration. Justice demands that Bush issue a pardon and lower the curtain on an embarrassing drama that shouldn't have lasted beyond its opening act.
I'm just a repeater on this one, but I heard it first on Sirius. I immediately turned on the TV and switched back and Fox and CNN -- both of which were still waiting.
Sirius is faster than Fox and CNN, which is impressive.
The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
Don?t bang your head!
This is the first report.
You are fast.