FDL: Case In A Nutshell: For Libby ALL About Covering His Ass After Covering For Cheney

[kpete]

And there we have the crux of this case in a nutshell: for Libby, it was about the most effective means of CYA after he overstepped his bounds trying to protect the ass of Dick Cheney when Cheney's credibility and veracity began to be questioned by the very media that he and his office had been using to launder their half-baked stories. For Fitzgerald and his team, it's all about exposing the lies and the cover-up, because no one — and I mean NO ONE — is allowed to lie to the FBI and to a federal grand jury and get a pass.

And Wells' tour de force of a lengthy, detailed, meandering opening statement? That sure is coming back to bite him in the behind, isn't it?

Fascinating stuff. And it makes for a whole lot of questions and speculation, doesn't it? Here's to many, many more questions to come on all of this. Every last piece of this mess, every rock turned over and the festering masses hiding underneath exposed to the disinfectant of public scrutiny, every last nuance and backroom deal and wink and nod from the media and failure to exact oversight by members of Congress. Every ass-covering handshake deal.

It will not be completed once this trial has concluded, not by half. But Fitzgerald and his team have set down a marker for the members of Congress to follow: the truth shall set you free. Here's to more and more digging in the days and weeks to come. Because if we have learned nothing else from this horrific mess, let us learn this: oversight and accountability are exactly what Congress ought to be doing with its time, every damn day. No one, not even the President of the United States, gets a pass.

It is well past time for some accountability. Here's to sunlight and the public. At long last.

http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/01/well-isnt-that-interesting-2/#more-6968