From NY Sun:
Lawyers for a former White House aide facing 2 1/2 years in prison, I. Lewis Libby Jr., have made their final written plea to a federal appeals court panel, which could save him from having to begin his sentence in the coming weeks.
In a brief made public yesterday, Libby's attorneys press their argument that the broad authority that Justice Department officials granted to the special prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald, violated the Constitution's requirement that principal officers in the executive branch be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
"Neither Judge Walton nor the Special Counsel have explained how the after-the-fact, all-or-nothing power to remove, unless coupled with the right to be informed, could constitute ‘direction and supervision,'" the defense lawyers wrote, responding to arguments that Mr. Fitzgerald was subject to being fired at any time by a top Justice Department official. "If Special Counsel Fitzgerald was removable at all, it was by someone who would never learn important details of what he was doing in the first place."
The defense team also noted that Mr. Fitzgerald signed a certification that disclosing that certain classified information could harm national security, even though he was not permitted to do so under the law. The prosecutor and Judge Walton said the error was harmless, but the defense contends that it underscores their point that no one was supervising Mr. Fitzgerald. "If Fitzgerald was not a ‘principal' officer at that moment, who exactly was?" the defense attorneys asked.
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German Army Destroyed Secret Files About Foreign Missions
A "technical defect" destroyed intelligence reports gathered on German army missions abroad between 1999 and 2003, according to a German television report. That means data concerning Murat Kurnaz, a Germany resident who spent five years in Guantanamo and has accused German soldiers of mistreating him, could be lost forever.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,490782,00.html
Ruxbin aka Wells is beating a dead horse. The court reviewed Fitz's position and even has yes Gonzales come to the court. No one listen to me when I said Gonzales could have relieved Fitz as Oct. was the end of his contract. Seeing Gonzo isn't a real lawyer and had bad advice plus he was scared nothing happen. As for the classified documents well Judge Walton went beyond himself to give Libby's lawyers more of what they needed for his defense. As the Appeals Judges will see, with all and more then the defense had they still gave Libby no defense in the trial. Using Rove/Cheney as witnesses to explain the lies and cover up yet both were no shows in the trial.
Now the bad thing for the defense is the headlines about President Cheney's secret office and how he abused his position. Judges are people to and read the news. One might think that President Cheney left his stooge to hang.
Dream Soldier
The CIA has released it's secret crimes for the pass 30 years. In one case black men all over the south were injected with syphilis over and over again until they died. To many to number and it sounds like the work of Hitler. Saddam gassed hundreds while the United States of America killed thousands by injected them with syphilis. We tried to kill Castro and it's interesting because we had Cuban men on our pay roll which leads to JFK. One smart young Journalist will figure out with the released files that the United States Government assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy by hiring the same Cuban men.
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