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Cheney Aide: Libby Has "Awful Memory"
To buffer the defense's case that Scooter Libby just forgot the details of how Valerie Wilson's name was leaked, they've marshaled the testimony of John Hannah, currently Vice President Cheney's national security advisor:
John Hannah, who served as Libby's deputy in 2003 and 2004, described a workday that began with a highly classified CIA briefing and continued at breakneck speed from one top-level meeting to the next...."On certain things, Scooter just had an awful memory," Hannah said.
He described briefing Libby on policy decisions and strategies in the morning, only to have Libby excitedly repeat them back to him that evening as if they were new.
"That's Scooter," Hannah said.
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Comments (22)
fnook wrote on February 13, 2007 12:58 PM:Ah, the classic stoner defense.
WD wrote on February 13, 2007 1:04 PM:If Scooter had extremely poor memory (back then) then his testimony (back then) is also suspect. That hurts his defense as much as it helps.
I've got five bucks that says the Defense ends up blaming the whole matter on Ambien (prescription sleep aid). These people are that shameless.
mbbsdphil wrote on February 13, 2007 1:28 PM:Those who earn high marks in two Ivy League degrees, pass bar exames with low pass rates, make partner in an exclusive law firm, and work for Dick Cheney for two decades do not have memories that fail them in rigorous tests, when completing multiple, often conflicting assignments, or in fulfilling client demands.
They may focus on the important, but when a client makes clear that something else is urgent, they don't forget it. Forget, and you fail or lose your job. Scooter never lost his job; in fact, he had the top job. Mr. Libby may have many faults; a faulty memory is not one of them.
j swift wrote on February 13, 2007 1:31 PM:weeelll shee*t, does this awfully bad memory preclude him from remembering he signed confidentiality agreements and security protocols? If so, how did he get his job?
Well, we know the answer to that don't we.
ckroon wrote on February 13, 2007 2:34 PM:Hmmm.... did I talk to bartender the other night about top secret matters.. I can't remember.
tom baker wrote on February 13, 2007 2:44 PM:Did I sign a confidentiality agreement? I think so. Can't remember!
Where's my promotion?
Having a "awful memory" is one of the key qualifications to get a high-up job in government??? WHO is supposed to believe that cock-and-bull?????????
These guys are like little children caught up to no good: First comes "i didn't do it! he/she did it" followed by "he/she made me do it" follwed by "i might have did it but it was a accident and i didn't even know it was wrong and i don't know what i was thinking when i did it"
F*ing pathetic - as are the "pussy parents" in Congress and the Judiciary who buy into the lameass excuse-making and stop short of the "full-on woodshed" treatment these punk bitches (who are grown men) so very richly deserve.
Libby can rot and be sodomized, and so can his bosses.
ba wrote on February 13, 2007 2:46 PM:I vaguely remember reading months/years ago that Scooter Libby has a "near photographic memory." I tried Googling Scooter Libby + photographic memory, but didn't come up with much--just http://zeebop.blogspot.com/2007/01/who-me.html which says Libby was "admired" for his recall of 49 episodes of Star Trek.
TheraP wrote on February 13, 2007 2:48 PM:Seems like appointments by this crew are made to the following
specifications:
a. total loyalty
b. clear memory of total loyalty
c. except when caught being loyal
d. when memory problems ensue
e. again - due to and consistent with - total loyalty
PaulB wrote on February 13, 2007 2:56 PM:Because just everyone knows that a bad memory is a necessary prerequisite for a chief of staff of a highly placed government official.
Karen wrote on February 13, 2007 3:15 PM:I heard a commentator the other day - can't remember who - say that the judge had precluded Libby from making the bad memory defense unless Libby takes the stand. (Not saying this one witness amounts to making a bad memory defense.)
roooth wrote on February 13, 2007 3:25 PM:Karen,
I heard that too. The judge said, nope, if Libby wants to claim that, it has to be under oath, as part of sworn testimony because the prosecution has a right to examine any such claims made by the defendant.
Sweet, huh?
slb wrote on February 13, 2007 3:26 PM:I'm with mbbsdphil -- the "terrible memory" excuse just isn't credible in someone who holds a top-level staff position in a place like the White House. Someone with a memory that porous wouldn't last 10 minutes in that sort of environment assuming they even made it that far, which is about as likely as winning the lottery without a ticket.
Besides which, he would have had access to notes, and anyone with half a brain would certainly review the relevant notes before talking to the FBI or testifying before a grand jury.
dws wrote on February 13, 2007 4:51 PM:I had a great comment to post, but I got momentarily distracted and now it's gone.
TheraP wrote on February 13, 2007 6:04 PM:Quick, dws, the White House is calling!
Your terrible memory could be useful!
bfr wrote on February 13, 2007 10:45 PM:Lewis Libby's "Selective Memory," he only remembers whatever is important to Cheney. And he forgets everything else. He knows that the outing of Valerie Wilson, started in the "OVP". Long before it ended up on in the pages of Robert Novak's Column,or any where else in the media, print, broadcast or the internet. It Cheney, and Libby leading the charge to discredit Joseph Wilson. As I will continue to say, everything starts with Dick Cheney.
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