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Historical Caseload Data – Updated to Include FY 2005: “A set of statistical tables that includes data on appellate, district and bankruptcy courts going back to 1988 and beyond has been updated with statistics for fiscal year 2005. New Tables. (April 27, 2006)”
Today Judge Reggie B. Walton rejected (opinion, 31 page pages, PDF) Libby’s motion to dismiss the charges against him related to the Plame CIA leak.
Press release: “A new National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) issue brief, Protecting Privacy in Integrated Justice Systems, examines the impact of recent advances in justice information sharing on privacy protections. The brief also makes recommendations that states can adopt to continue the public safety gains made from justice information sharing while …
Reuters reports that Time, the New York Times, and NBC News opposed attempts by Libby’s defense to widen the scope of discovery pertaining to Plame CIA leak documents which may be in the possession of journalists and their respective employers.
Cheney Authorized Leak Of CIA Report Libby Says, by Murray Waas, National Journal: “Vice President Dick Cheney directed his then-chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, on July 12, 2003 to leak to the media portions of a then-highly classified CIA report that Cheney hoped would undermine the credibility of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, …
Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, New Libby Filing Demands Release of Documents Related to Iraq Intel [“The defense intends to show the jury that the controversy over intelligence failures during the spring and summer of 2003 led certain officials within the White House, State Department and the CIA to point fingers at each other…’], today from …
Another update on U.S. v. Libby, via FindLaw: “‘Scooter’ Libbys defense attorneys charge that prosecutors refuse to turnover relevant discovery materials for his criminal defense, and that public interest shows “that this case is factually complex and that the government’s notion that it involves only Mr. Libby and (the office of the vice president) is …
Supreme Court Votes to Allow Citation to Unpublished Opinions in Federal Courts, by Tony Mauro, Legal Times, April 13, 2006. Bibliography of Law Review Articles Relating to Nonpublication [Mike Ravnitzky] Previous postings on unpublished decisions
Computerworld reports, “The Social Security numbers, driver’s license information and bank account details belonging to potentially millions of current and former residents of Florida are available to anyone on the Internet because sensitive information has not been redacted from public records being posted on county Web sites.”
Follow-up to April 7, 2006 posting, Plame Leak Controversy Focused on President With Release of New Info, see: today’s Washington Post: Prosecutor Describes Cheney, Libby as Key Voices Pitching Iraq-Niger Story: “As he drew back the curtain this week on the evidence against Vice President Cheney’s former top aide, Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald for …
CNN – Court documents: Libby testified that Bush OK’d intelligence leak Smoking Gun: 39 page filing, Government’s Response to Plaintiff’s Third Motion to Compel Discovery, April 5, 2006 (PDF), US v. Libby. Related postings on Plame CIA leak
A series of recent articles name the high ranking government officials who are now the focus of the Plame CIA leak investigation: Libby lawyers finger top State Dept. leaders for CIA leak Fitzgerald Knew Identity of Leaker From Start Related postings on Plame CIA leak AP: Libby Says Prosecutor Trying to Keep Post
