by jingofever » Fri Nov 03, 2006 6:44 am
<!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR2006110201541_pf.html">link</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>"Fitzgerald picked apart the psychologist's testimony until she acknowledged errors and misstatements in her findings."<br><br>I don't know why Scooter is bothering with this when he will be pardoned anyway. Unless he is still protecting people or fears that Bush might be out of office sooner than expected. I considered for a moment that Scooter might have shame but quickly rejected that.<br><br>"""<br>Judge Excludes Memory Expert From Libby Trial<br><br>Associated Press<br>Friday, November 3, 2006; A11<br><br>Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby will not be allowed to use a memory expert at his perjury and obstruction trial, a federal judge ruled yesterday, blocking a key tactic in Libby's defense strategy.<br><br>Libby, who is accused of lying to investigators in the CIA leak case, wanted an expert to testify that memory is unreliable, especially during times of stress. Libby says he had national security issues on his mind and any misstatements he made about the leak of CIA officer Valerie Plame's name were mistakes, not lies.<br><br>U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said allowing a memory expert would be a waste of time and would only confuse jurors. Walton said jurors, like everyone else, understand that memory sometimes falters and can judge whether witnesses are reliable.<br><br>The issue provided the case's first courtroom drama last week when Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald spent hours questioning memory expert Elizabeth F. Loftus's research. Fitzgerald picked apart the psychologist's testimony until she acknowledged errors and misstatements in her findings.<br><br>The trial is set to begin in January. Libby's attorneys have said the former aide to Vice President Cheney will testify.<br><br>Plame's CIA status was leaked in 2003 as her husband, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, criticized the Bush administration's prewar intelligence on Iraq. Plame believes she was outed as retribution, an allegation Fitzgerald spent three years investigating. Nobody has been charged with violating a law by discussing Plame.<br>""" <p></p><i></i>