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March 6, 2007
Juror Explains How Scooter Libby Could Be Found Guilty
Posted by Dave Blount at March 6, 2007 9:02 PM
In case you're wondering how it's possible that a jury believes Scooter Libby belongs behind bars for as long as 30 years for having gaps in his memory regarding inconsequential details related to the absurd Valerie Plame fiasco, a spokesman for the jurors explains. Apparently, it's because Libby was the only member of the Bush administration they got the opportunity to throw in jail.
According to Denis Collins, there were "a number of times" that he and other jurors asked themselves:
[W]hat is HE doing here? Where is Rove and all these other guys […] [Libby] was the fall guy. […] [S]ome jurors said at one point, "We wish we weren't judging Libby … this sucks."
In other words, he didn't really belong on trial, but better to put him in jail than to let those nasty Republicans get off scot-free. Griped Collins:
I thought we might get to see President Bush here.
Collins has written hundreds of articles for the aggressively left-wing Washington Post, which has devoted the last six years to undermining the Bush Administration by any means available. He has also published a book about spies. That he would be allowed on the jury gives an idea of the kind of kangaroo court show trial that has landed poor Mr. Libby in prison.
Meanwhile, the preposterous Valerie Plame, who was not a covert agent in any meaningful sense and whose employment with the CIA was admittedly revealed not by any member of the Bush Administration but by the slinking creep Richard Armitage of the insidious State Department, has signed a book deal with Warner Brothers worth $2.5 million.
On a tip from Brooklyn Red Leg.
