May 26 2007
Interesting Conflict Of Interest In Libby Case
Seems the judge in the LIbby trial is about to be exposed to many of the details reagarding the threats against the US – the same threats that had Scooter Libby’s attention during the Wilson-Plame media lies.
The judge who presided over the trial of vice presidential aide Lewis Libby has been appointed to the secret court that oversees U.S. intelligence wiretaps.
Reggie Walton, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, was appointed to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts effective May 19.
This will make sentencing in the Libby case interesting. I wonder of Fitz-Magoo will ask the judge to recuse himself. I am confident a couple of weeks seeing the possible threats we face on a daily basis will sober up the judge and give him plenty of understanding to Libby’s situation regarding priorities (terrorism vs. Joe Wilson’s lies to the media for the Kerry campaign).
Do judges to the FISA court have to be confirmed by security oversight committees or anybody and what is the mechanism to put them in place?
I still remember the ripple when one resigned a while back and a lot of speculation about all the sudden holes in his court docket.
Oh well one more thing to do some research on.
Remember FISA judges are sitting Federal judges given an extra task that is not their full time job.
So from AJ’s post the Chief Justice makes the call. One person no review. How many other lesser post in the legal jungle we have built for ourselves contribute to this Gordian Knot.
Think the 120 days of appointing judges until one is confirmed applies. If I understand Cornyn’s email that I received, this is what the Senate Judiciary Committee reinstated. The US Patriot Act made the appointment “temporary” and indefinite until confirmed. They now wanted to go back to 120 days of appointments until confirmed.
What a crock.
I don’t know that one week would be enough for Walton to understand the threats that Libby had been reading.
Apparently, FISA is outside the scope of US Attorney positions that need confirmation by the Senate Judiciary Committee????
I see that the prosecution team is asking for 3 years because Libby showed no remorse. How can Libby show anything other than remorse? Especially when the cards were so strongly played against him in spite of his innocence.
Think the 120 days of appointing judges until one is confirmed applies. If I understand Cornyn’s email that I received, this is what the Senate Judiciary Committee reinstated. The US Patriot Act made the appointment “temporary” and indefinite until confirmed. They now wanted to go back to 120 days of appointments until confirmed.
What a crock.
I don’t know that one week would be enough for Walton to understand the threats that Libby had been reading.
Apparently, FISA is outside the scope of US Attorney positions that need confirmation by the Senate Judiciary Committee????
I see that the prosecution team is asking for 3 years because Libby showed no remorse. How can Libby show anything other than remorse? Especially when the cards were so strongly played against him in spite of his innocence.
Sorry for the dupe.
But since AJStrata lives in VA, can you give us some light into this link?
Governor Tim Kaine surrenders Virginia to Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, receives nice dinner as payment
What in the world is your governor up to? He’s crazy.
I am surprised that Walton was assigned to the FISA court. I was very unimpressed with his performance as a judge in the Libby case. He seemed to need a lot of outside opinions for his rulings and came across as not knowing much about how to proceed in the trial without outside help. What if he needed outside help for his rulings in FISA? Wouldn’t that compromise the secrecy of the FISA court? He comes across as such a dim bulb that I doubt he is up to the FISA standards if there is such a thing.