Marcy Wheeler
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Marcy Wheeler is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a short primer on the pre-war intelligence and the CIA Leak. She blogs under the name "emptywheel" at The Next Hurrah and live-blogged the Scooter Libby trial. She has a PhD from University of Michigan relating to politics and journalism. Marcy lives in Michigan, where she works as a business consultant.

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Max Frankel's Ghost

Posted March 26, 2007 | 15:34:21 (EST)

The saddest moment of the Scooter Libby trial, for me, was when I witnessed an exchange between Max Frankel, the last Executive Editor of the NYT to treat the gray lady with the respect she once deserved, and Robert Bennett, Judy Miller's personal lawyer. Frankel had been around, on and...

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Cheney's Talking Points

Posted February 6, 2007 | 17:05:44 (EST)

I made the point the other day that if Cheney were put on the stand, he might be put in a place where he refuted some of Libby's testimony. Specifically, Cheney might have to admit that he and Libby talked about revealing Plame's identity with reporters during the week...

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Collective Forgetting in the Office of the Vice President

Posted February 3, 2007 | 13:10:48 (EST)

I'm going to make a not-so-bold prediction. Libby is not going to put Dick Cheney on the stand. And he never intended to.

Here's why. It would be almost impossible to put Cheney on the stand and not expose him to perjury--or force him to reveal that he and Libby...

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