Daniel Henninger has a great colum at Opinion Journal about the hole the DC media has dug for itself in the Rove(er)Libby/Plame affair. Libby's trial, if there ever is one, could get pretty good.
Pretty...pretty good.
...Mr. Libby himself will be a sideshow compared to what his lawyers are likely to display to the public about the practice of journalism. It has been reported that his lawyers plan to make wide demands for reporters' notes. One can imagine them issuing subpoenas for the pen-and-pencil reporting notebooks of Matt Cooper, Judith Miller and others, having a hand-writing expert transcribe the notes, and then asking the reporters to read--or try to read--their notes on the stand against a transcript onscreen. That won't be pretty. Unless these reporters have the handwriting of nuns and recall of Garry Kasparov, they will look like fumbling fools. Any of us would.
Henninger almost has me hoping it does go to trial. It would be a Perfect Storm of Sideshows.
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