[IP] more on Libby: White House 'superiors' authorized leaks]

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Paul Levy <plevy@citizen.org>
Date: February 10, 2006 2:09:01 PM EST
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Libby: White House 'superiors' authorized  
leaks]

Brock Meeks is incorrect in asserting that anyone who leaked  
information  to the AP must have committed a crime.

It would not be a crime for the person who testified to tell other  
people the contents of his own testimony.  And those people, in turn,  
could say what they were told.

See the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 6(e)(2), set forth  
below. There are various exceptions that I do not quote:

(2) Secrecy.

(A) No obligation of secrecy may be imposed on any person except in  
accordance with Rule 6(e)(2)(B).

(B) Unless these rules provide otherwise, the following persons must  
not disclose a matter occurring before the grand jury:

(i) a grand juror;

(ii) an interpreter;

(iii) a court reporter;

(iv) an operator of a recording device;

(v) a person who transcribes recorded testimony;

(vi) an attorney for the government; or

(vii) a person to whom disclosure is made under Rule 6(e)(3)(A)(ii)  
or (iii).

(


Paul Alan Levy
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 - 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 588-1000
http://www.citizen.org/litigation

> > > Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> 2/10/2006 1:08 PM >>>
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- -------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: [IP] Libby: White House 'superiors' authorized leaks
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:02:18 -0800
From: Brock Meeks <Brock.Meeks@msnbc.com>
To: dave@farber.net

Of course, let's not forget that in order to get this story, someone
leaked grand jury testimony to the AP; leaking grand jury testimony also
is a crime...



- -----Original Message-----
From: Dave Farber [mailto:dave@farber.net]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 09:37
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Subject: [IP] Libby: White House 'superiors' authorized leaks



- -------- Original Message --------
Subject: Libby: White House 'superiors' authorized leaks
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 22:35:58 -0500
From: Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick@ianai.net>
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
CC: Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick@ianai.net>

<http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/09/cia.leak.ap/>

<quote>
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney
told a federal grand jury that his superiors authorized him to give
secret information to reporters as part of the Bush administration's
defense of intelligence used to justify invading Iraq, according to
court papers.
</quote>

WOW!

I am very surprised.  Mostly that Libby talked.

I will be even more surprised if the people who told him to do this
actually get the punishment they deserve.

Might even restore my faith in the system....


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