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Entries related to the Media Blogger Association, including coverage of the Libby trial and other MBA related events.
They have a note
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 02/26/2007 - 10:34The word in the media room is that the marshals have a note from the jurors. People are meeting at 9:45. People say comments, "I've seen verdicts come in the form of a note before". Others say "If the ask for St. Patrick's day T-Shirts, it's not a good sign." Another person says, I just spoke with Jenna, "It is just a note."
Update: Everyone is sitting, waiting... Fitzpatrick is talking with his team, as is wells... Libby looks pensive...
Libby Trial: The attorneys
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 02/26/2007 - 10:01As I sit and wait for a verdict, I wonder about the lawyers involved in the Libby Case.
Six years ago, my father-in-law, a retired U.S. Treasury agent, who had lost his first wife to cancer, remarried. His loving and lovely bride had worked with him as a Treasury agent for years and had comforted him as he mourned the loss of his first wife. The friendship blossomed into a romance and my wife, her brother and all of us rejoiced at their marriage. Today, Fiona, my youngest daughter can think of nothing she would love in the world more than us buying the house down the street from her papa and nana.
The Libby Trial: Week six
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 02/25/2007 - 17:06When I first spoke with Robert Cox about blogging the Libby Trial on week six, I realized it was a lot like buying tickets to game six of the World Series. The whole thing could be over before I get there, or I might be going down for the most exciting time.
Well, week six starts tomorrow. The jury hasn’t reached a verdict, so I am going to hop on a train this evening and show up at the courthouse bright and early. Today, I’m struggling getting over a stomach bug and trying to make sure my logistics are all lined up. Where will I stay Monday night if they don’t reach a verdict on Monday? Do I have all the proper technology?
The Verdict: How do we handle dissent?
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 02/23/2007 - 10:13On July 6, 2003, Joseph Wilson wrote an Op-Ed for the New York Times criticizing the Bush Administration’s rush into the Iraq war. Eight days later, Robert Novak wrote a column revealing Wilson’s wife’s role within the CIA. We may never know exactly what happened within the office of the Vice President and discussions with members of the media, but one way of dealing with dissent is to attack the dissenter’s family. When attacks step over the line, the U.S. legal system gets involved, and we shall see if I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby will be found guilty of obstructing the efforts of the U.S. legal system to get to the bottom of this.
Libby Trial Outcome (Spoiler Warning)
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 02/19/2007 - 12:45Yesterday, I received an email complaining about an Op-Ed in the Washington Post, which the email writer thought was designed to influence the jurors in the Libby trial. I hope none of the jurors are reading the Washington Post’s coverage of the trial or their opinion pages. I also hope none of the jurors are reading my blog.
It probably doesn’t matter, because the outcome is pretty clear, as I’ll describe below. I just don’t want people in the media accused of having changing the outcome.
