And you are right. I don’t know much about Cobb, and if he is not putting her best interests forth she should fire him. (Then again who knows if she actually hired him.)

The point I was trying to make, albeit poorly, is that if your case is good, you would always prefer a skilled lawyer on the other side to something else.

No one is arguing she doesn’t deserve a good lawyer. We disagree that she has one at the moment in Cobb, who may not have her interests as a priority over everyone elses interests. That would make him a not-so-good lawyer. They do exists.

I’m not sure we’ve seen a legal strategy yet. What it looks like to me is what happens in every criminal matter when a lawyer gets involved. You take the case, you proclaim your client’s innocence and you get to work.

The reason you want McCarthy to have a good lawyer is so both sides, clearly understand the stakes. A good lawyer is a mouthpiece sure, but he also can see the forest for the trees. He knows when and where his client’s best interest diverges from his client’s cronies’ best interest. And in this case I think that is important.

Secondly she should have a lawyer. We want her to have a lawyer. We want all her constituional protections to be assured

Yes she should, totally agree and would be surprised if she didn’t.

What I find interesting is she is a woman who is still availed her pension, says she is not guilty of leaking classified and perhaps not facing prosecution…retains a $750 an hour DC Power Attorney?

Cobb is not the kind of lawyer you retain to just manage the PR offensive, to field press questions, etc. — Cobb is the kind of attorney one retains when they are worried, IMHO.

Depends on who’s running the table. And is McCarthy even in the game?

Hiring Clinton-vetted legal team – Mary, you just sunk the eight ball.

Ty Cobb, the lawyer representing CIA officer and alleged secret prison leaker Mary McCarthy, claims that his client is innocent. The Washington Post reports: A lawyer representing fired CIA officer Mary O. McCarthy said yesterday that his client did no…

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Don’t get me wrong, she deserves a good lawyer (I had to fix the text to more accurately reflect my opinion of lawyers, since an interruption while writing caused an ugly fragment). What is a dangerous game is playing the media PR against the government if you are in negotiations, or will be soon, with the government. Legal counsel is a must.

Legal strategy is debatable.

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Secondly she should have a lawyer. We want her to have a lawyer. We want all her constituional protections to be assured.

In a criminal case, you are not going to have a lawyer who runs out and proclaims your guilt. That’s just silly. And frankly I don’t think it matters if McCarthy leaked the story or confirmed it. If she was the confirmation that just means there are more leakers out there, and we already knew that. It’s not much of a cabal if Mary McCarthy is the only one in it!

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. Remember the real goal has nothing to do with the democrats and everything to do with national security.

“Represented a high ranking White House official in Congressional and DOJ investigations involving the White House Travel Office.

Represented a former U.S. Senator and, separately, a member of the First Lady’s staff in connection with the Congressional and Independent Counsel investigations into “Whitewater.”

Represented other Cabinet and Cabinet level officials on three separate occasions in DOJ investigations.

Represented a former Commerce Department official and Democratic National Committee official, John Huang, in connection with Congressional and DOJ investigations (and related civil actions) involving campaign finance and the Clinton-Gore campaign of 1996.

Special Trial Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel (HUD investigation). ”

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