Inside The White House...
Cathie Martin OneV.P. and Scooter take charge
Cathie Martin, Two
Tim Russert & MTP = Admin. snowblower
Cathie Martin, Three
Breaking! Word from one of the (male) journalists: Ari Fleischer is in the bathroom. He uses the bathroom just like anyone else. He doesn't know whether he's going to testify today."
Is Scott Shane still reporting from inside there?
More wrasslin' with Ted and Willie - "We were told he (Ari) had relevant information. Frankly I didn't want to give him immunity, I was buying a pig in a poke. I did not know what we were going to get other than I knew it was going to be relevant to the case. They're asking for things they're not entitled to. It's not fair."
"I have been at the game long enough to know defense attorneys will say some things so they can learn things they're not entitled to learn." Yours truly
5:30: Judy MILLER time.
posted by Patrick J. Fitzgerald at 1/25/2007
55 Comments:
Thanks for the visual of Cathie
this is fsascinating...and Ari next!
back to FDL
Do you think the WH may be monitoring FDL -- LOL
Forgot to say:
You are 'da bomb!
Lotsa people are monitoring Marcy's work. She's a genius.
Martin says:
Scooter goes up to front of AF2, then comes back, has a card in hand. It says
He wants us to give statement on the record. He wants me to do it.
Martin: He is VP and Me is Scooter Libby.
Fitz: introduces card.
Martin: I asked for the card, I wanted to type up the quote, to make sure the reporter got the quote right.
Interesting on a defendant that suffers from memory loss. Priceless.
*Scooter Libby: A Tale of Two People-A Public Servant and A Liar
*BTW that will be the title of my upcoming article...
This is for Jackie:
Martin: Should we call Newsweek to be fair to them, since we don't normally give an on the record conversation. Scrambled for Evan Thomas' number. I had … I don't think we yet had the number. Called my press secretary for the number. Need to get back to Kessler. It was late, it was Scooter's son's birthday. We'll ride home with you in the Van so you can get home sooner and be with your child.
It was Scooter's son birthday. Ask Scooter did he remeber his own son's birthday despite being overwhelm with work...
Kudos to Marcy and Christy at FDL!
:D
Q:
Yes, I agree it is most fascinating and I'm trying to work and keep up with all of it! LOL
Administration snowblower is right, Prosecutor!
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I'm really having blogger issues today and trying to post is a challenge! But, I'll continue to try! hehe
Good Day to Fitz and the Justice Bloggers...
Let's paint a picture of the WhiteHouse shall we:
Picture This...
"Inside the Whitehouse is a den of vipers in every corner so be sure to carry a snake anti-venom kit and wear special shirts made out of metal to deflect the backstabbing knives that come at you from all directions!
The Politics are so thick there that a single word can get you fired without any warning...
You return from lunch one day and you find out that security has cleaned out your office and your security pass no longer works to get in!
You've just become an ex-employee and now you're one of the 'Them' so...
If you're not with us, you're with the Terrorist! - G.W. Bush
Have a nice day Scooter, you Terrorist sympathizer you!
How does it feel to be cast out by your so called 'friends' ?"
Bwahahahahaha!
Fitz,
You will be very proud of Jason. I just read his lastest article. It is awesome. And we both are on the same page regarding the opening statements. Here is an excerpt:
In other words, the accusations against Rove that Wells cited in his opening statements have nothing to do with the perjury, obstruction of justice, and lying to investigators Libby was charged with, which is exactly the point Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald had made in his opening statements to jurors hours earlier.
Fitzgerald described in startling detail the lengths to which Libby and other White House officials went in order to attack a single critic of the Iraq war, Plame's husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, whose stinging rebukes of the administration's use of pre-war Iraq intelligence enraged Cheney and set in motion a chain of events that led Libby, and many other senior cabinet members, to leak Wilson's wife's identity to some of the most well-known reporters in Washington, DC, in an attempt to silence him.
Fitzgerald provided jurors with a visual timeline of the events that led up to May 2003, when Cheney first found out about Wilson and Plame, and the unusual obsession the vice president, Libby, and many other officials had, in the ensuing days, with beating back the criticism that Wilson piled on the administration during the month of June and July 2003.
One of the more astonishing revelations during the first day of the trial was the revelation by Wells that as many as six government witnesses, including Ari Fleischer, who at the time of the Plame leak was White House press secretary, received an immunity deal in exchange for testimony. It was not disclosed whether Fleischer received "transactional" or "blanket" immunity, or "use" immunity, which would allow the government to prosecute a witness using evidence obtained independently of a witness's immunized testimony. It is rare for the government to provide a witness with transactional immunity.
Indeed Fleischer, Wells said, told NBC News reporter David Gregory and possibly other reporters that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA, that her name was Valerie Plame, and that she was responsible for sending Wilson to Niger. Fleischer testified before a grand jury that in addition to Libby, his boss, White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett also told him Plame worked for the CIA and was married to Wilson. After Bartlett discussed the Plame matter with Fleischer, the press secretary leaked it to reporters.
Gregory never reported what Fleischer had told him, but his involvement in the leak case, which has not been previously reported, along with that of numerous other journalists, underscores the often cooperative relationship between the Washington press corps and officials in the White House.
Cheers, Jason!
GEF:
The so called "friends" are throwing each other under the bus... while screaming "I didn't know him!"
It is getting more comical each and every day! LOLMAO
Biloxi,
Like I said yesterday...
I like Jason's Crystal Ball on this..
Go Jason Go.
I just hope that Jason gets vindicated for that Rove Smeer by Big Media outlets like the one who call themselves fair and balanced..
Put Cheney away! He CRAZY!
Great Jason now that puts Journalist on notice that the White House has become the enemy.
SPB thanks for the info Now Libby has selective memory lost. Tom Cruise/family matters can be remembered. Affairs of the United States and White House crimes committed Libby draws a blank. No if Libby can get the jurors give him a get out of jail card they his memory problem will be cleared up and he can go back to working at the White House. There's only one thing that stands in the way of that plan working his name is PATRICK J. FITZGERALD.
Well I hope no funny stuff is going on in the bathroom.
Hi S-q! :)
quote:
The so called "friends" are throwing each other under the bus... while screaming "I didn't know him!"
It's like Iran-Contra back in Poppys day where everybody decided to say: "I don't recall!"
Another "Gilligan" Memory Case.
Gilligan: "Uhh I don't know skipper.."
Skipper: "Think Gilligan think!"
quote:
It is getting more comical each and every day!
Yup, Like one of those Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts...
And we all know who Phillis Diller is this time..
hee hee hee!
Hi Jackie,
Yep, Fitz threw a monkey wrench into their smooth sailing War business rackets..
;-)
"I like Jason's Crystal Ball on this.."
GEF:
And I tell him very often via email. I appreciate his knowledge and good reporting.
:D
"Breaking! Word from one of the (male) journalists: Ari Fleischer is in the bathroom. He uses the bathroom just like anyone else. He doesn't know whether he's going to testify today."
Is Scott Shane still reporting from inside there?"
Fitz,
You should be using Ari's real name: Lawrence! LOL!
Cracked up with Marcy mentioned Ari's real name...
Hi there GEF! :)
Yep, they're all running scared now and don't recall! Repeat of history, wouldn't ya say?
Phyllis Diller aka Judy Miller! But, I have to say Phyllis is cuter!
ROFLMAO
Check yer mail darlin' :)
SPB & GEF:
We need more journalists/reporters like Jason! He is so talented and is a truth teller! And, he has a nice crystal ball too!! hehe
Lawrence? OMG! I about lost my lunch on that SPB! LOLMAO
Jackie:
From FDL:
For some reason both Fitz and Wells wore gray suits today.
Don't know about the tie. Thought I let you know of the little angel's attire since you are his fashion consultant!
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
horsesmouth/2007/01/post_17.php
MCCAIN: We have to show the American people a path to success. Joe Lieberman would never have been re-elected in Connecticut supporting the war if it was as simple as some of my Democratic friends portray it.
Overnight ratings, I understand, were slightly in favor of supporting the president's proposal. We've got to sell it and it's got to be done, and we've got to explain better the consequences of failure, which is chaos in the region."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
joseph-a-palermo/bushs-
accountability-mo_b_33676.html
This says it all. Someone should tell McCain don't bother, he's a corrupt liar too.
Biloxi,
quote:
Word from one of the (male) journalists: Ari Fleischer is in the bathroom. He uses the bathroom just like anyone else. He doesn't know whether he's going to testify today."
Is Scott Shane still reporting from inside there?"
I wouldn't be surprised if the court bathrooms are not chock full of GOPs who are nervous to testify...
They all should have diarrhea right about now.. :)
Ari Fleisher as Lawrence ?
Bwahahahahahaha.. LMAO*)
Need more toilet tissue in the men's room!
Anon 3:46,
Bwahahahahaha!
*Cheers*
And keep your hands to yourself.
No looking either!
We must alert the media that journalists go to the bathroom and have bathroom issues like everyone else.
"They all should have diarrhea right about now.. :)"
Irve will have that problem, GEF, when his so-called defense don't go his way. Those baby depends and baby wipes will help. I just hope that Fitz hold his water and used another men's room because I have feeling if Scooter and his henchmen are using the same men's room, god, it has to stink in there!
;-)
Hey guys:
I think a remake of "Lawrence of Arabia" should be in the works..
starring Lawrence (Ari) Fleischer as "Lawrence of the White House"
LOLMAO
And I hope Libby and his henchmen ate the right brand of oatmeal this morning. Otherwise, use another men's room, Fitz..
Fitzmas said:
"Is Scott Shane still reporting from inside the men’s room?"
LMAO said Quzi
From FDL:
hey Ari: urinal the blogs now
Hmmm..
"One of the more astonishing revelations during the first day of the trial was the revelation by Wells that as many as six government witnesses, including Ari Fleischer, who at the time of the Plame leak was White House press secretary, received an immunity deal in exchange for testimony."
And I know those six government witnesses that have immunity are on the list of the 9 John Doe government officials being sued by the Wilsons in the civil suit. Armitage is one of the people sued and I know Armitage is on that list. And I have an inkling the other 5 witness that have immunity in this case.. Man, the rest of the people on that potential witness list involved in the leak should made a deal with Fitz.
"Armitage is one of the people sued and I know Armitage is on that list."
Correction: Armitage is one of the people sued and I know Fleischer is on that list.
Typed too fast... Sheesh...
Ari's bathroom graffiti:
"For A Good Leak, Call Robert Novak @ 1-900-WHO-MEPEE
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/
Iran_The_Road_to_Confrontation_
0123.html
Impeach and round up the Cabal.
Biloxi,
quote:
Irve will have that problem, GEF, when his so-called defense don't go his way. Those baby depends and baby wipes will help. I just hope that Fitz hold his water and used another men's room because I have feeling if Scooter and his henchmen are using the same men's room, god, it has to stink in there!
Fitz should ask to use the Judge's restroom. It's probably less active there..
Hi Quzi, Hi Patriot Girl,
Missed ya funny rants..
;)
Anyone who could write about sex with animals, one should not be sharing the same washroom. period.
"Walton: He's upset you put your water up there bc if it falls on our computer, we have no money to replace it, because we have no budget."
The Bush-Cheney White House never heard of the concept except for others.
Teak,
Don't nobody drink water..and be careful that the paper clips don't get stuck inside the keyboard...
Oh and shoot the first man that drinks a cup of coffee close to my machine..
That's why I say that people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones..
LOLMAO*)
You guys are all funny:-D
Patriot girl said Let the witness speak for him/herself please.
Yes PG indeed-however wells needs to put words in their mouths, cause if they speak on their own they may tell the truth. And that's simply a risk he cannot take! heeheehee
"Fitz should ask to use the Judge's restroom. It's probably less active there.."
Just make sure he brings some spray. The case wouldn't go in his favor if he "bombs" the Judge's bathroom. LOL! Hee hee.. If not, may I suggest he carries a dixie cup with him and use that.
;-)
Patriot Girl - April 8th
http://patrickjfitzgerald.blogspot.com/2006/04/bush-et-al-hoodwinked-by-spam.html
Mr. and Mrs. Juice
When Vice-President Dick Cheney named Catherine Martin to replace Mary Matalin as his chief spokeswoman on Dec. 13 he made it official: Washington has a new power couple.
Cathie Martin, 34, is married to Kevin Martin, 36, one of five members of the Federal Communications Commission. They met at Harvard Law School--both are class of '93--and despite having been in Washington only a few years, have rocketed to the upper echelons of the capital power structure. Cathie gained Cheney's confidence while accompanying him on political trips before the midterm elections, and Kevin helped vanquish Al Gore in the Florida recount battle.
After a brief stint as deputy chief of staff and White House liaison for Commerce Secretary Donald Evans, Cathie Martin served as Matalin's No. 2 for the past 18 months. Before that, the University of Texas grad worked for former Texas Attorney General (now Senator-elect) John Cornyn.
Kevin Martin earned his spurs by being on the first flight to Florida from Austin the day after the contested 2000 election. As deputy general counsel to the Bush campaign, he oversaw the legal team working behind the scenes with the Dade and Broward County canvassing boards. His connections came in handy: He had clerked for U.S. District Court Judge William Hoeveler in Miami.
Now, Kevin Martin could hold the balance of power at the FCC, where he may be a swing vote in such crucial issues as deregulation of the Baby Bells. - 2002
Now isn't that 'Heat Ray Gun' just special? Forget those tanning beds...I bet I could get a tan with that baby!!
Can you say, 'Burn Baby Burn'?!
Biloxi,
quote:
If not, may I suggest he carries a dixie cup with him and use that.
A dixie cup ?
Poor Fitz...
Bwahahahahaha! LOLMAO*)
s-q,
I'd just get a mirror and flash it back at their butts..
Roasted Military Heiney..
See if they like that!
Hee hee hee!
GEF:
Are you serving fries with that Roasted Military Heiney..??
LOLMAO
Hi, everybody.Busy with my new job. Just now catching up on yesterday and today's trial blogging form FDL.Very interesting. Sounds to me like everyone who's testified is developing memory problems. No surprise there.
Can't wait for tomorrow's witnesses.
Fitz wont say this but I will.
To all in the Defense team
How you like me now, as Fitz kicked butt. Mess with the best and lose like the rest. That's my little angel at work.
Look for more to come as the little angel unfolds his cards and shocks the legal world. Student will ask how did you know it was so brilliant. Time and skill is the key to a successful case. You learn from all the cases you've lost. Each time learning more and getting better. We are watching a master at work. Now remember Fitzgerald was Attorney of the year, now it's Wells. Problem for Wells is he's working with no cards as Libby wasn't smart enough to cover his butt. Libby was to busy covering Cheney's butt.
"A dixie cup ?"
"Poor Fitz..."
Yup... Better him than me..
;-)
I am glad that Zeidenberg is getting some experience in this trial. I hope to hear his name in the near future of high profile cases.
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Give it up Ari and the rest of the evil doers,
the bathroom is not a good place to hide....
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Don't forget to zip up...
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