Libby Found Guilty

[shinerbock]

I was under the impression that they didn't have very much evidence pointing to Libby's knowledge that she was a covert agent. I read this as recently as yesterday, but I guess it could be wrong.

I just don't think the movie will be very exciting. Haven't seen Breach yet, but I want to. O'Neill went to Auburn.

[agzg]

There's no physical evidence - very much a "he said" etc type of thing but it definitely is easier to point to Libby as knowingly telling vs. Armitage.

I will not go see a movie in which Richard Gere is chosen to portray Wilson - no matter how much I love Richard Gere.

Breach is good - There are some points that are completely fabricated (there's one scene that when you see it you'll be like "um... I highly doubt that happened" and if you PM me after you see it I'll verify which scene is completely fabricated if you like), but it's pretty good. I've been studying Hanssen for a couple of classes this semester and didn't even know Breach was about him - I can't believe I didn't catch that it was about him in the previews I saw, in fact I didn't even know it was about a true story (I think I turned my brain off that day?).

The main thing I didn't like about it is that they didn't really get into the tradecraft of all of that... A lot of people who aren't pretty well educated as far as spying goes won't have a clue what it means to do a dead drop until they see Hanssen do is... and don't understand that even though Hanssen is completely brilliant - he's an idiot to pick that dead drop spot.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

I just don't think the movie will be very exciting.

You must not be taking into consideration that Hollywood just might possibly embellish the story to add a little drama and excitement. Maybe?

Seriously, is there already a movie in the works, or is it just specualtion?

[agzg]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

You must not be taking into consideration that Hollywood just might possibly embellish the story to add a little drama and excitement. Maybe?

Seriously, is there already a movie in the works, or is it just specualtion?

According to Wikipedia it's already in the works. Scheduled for release this summer from Warner Bros.

[UGAalum94]

MysticCat, you are correct about Russert; he did deny what Libby claimed. The quote from the juror I read yesterday basically said that it was implausible that Libby would have forgotten the information. (I misremembered Russert's testimony as more ambiguous than it was, but I read up on it last night.)

I'm not that worried about firing US attorneys. I think we can ride out the next couple of years (a year and three quarters, but who's counting?) without too much trouble. Of course I don't know; I hope I'm right.

I don't think Bush has been a particularly good president, but let's remember what our choices were.

Wilson never should have been the one to go on the trip, period. Did people imagine that no one would ask why Wilson was chosen? What would have been an appropriate and honest response to that other than outing his wife?

And to follow up on a previous discussion about the media, does this conviction seem anything like the scale of Iran-Contra, and yet that's in the first paragraph of almost every story? Sure it's the first conviction of an administration official since, but I think their overplaying it.