http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/18/36260.aspxThis is day #3 in jury selection for the Scooter Libby trial.  And today’s session began with Scooter Libby’s top lawyer SUGGESTING that Vice President Cheney’s expected testimony in this case MAY be contradicted by another witness.  Despiteen-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/18/36260.aspx#36311Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:37:31 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:36311Marcy Wheeler, Ann Arbor, MIThere's a very obvious likely candidate: Cathie Martin. As I point out in this blog post... http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2006/12/a_really_good_r.html ..there were three participants in the July 12 conversation on AF2--Libby, Cheney, and Martin. By all accounts Martin will testify there were some incriminating things said in that conversation. The only way to discredit Martin (and therefore make Libby's alleged Cooper lie logical) is to have the third participant--Cheney--say she was wrong. Also note, Martin was a witness to Libby's side of the Cooper conversation, so discrediting her is important for more than just the July 12 conversation--if jurors believe her, there are at least 2 witnesses that Libby lied about the Cooper conversation. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/18/36260.aspx#36332Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:00:45 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:36332Damiana, Seattle WAThank you for blogging this for us! According to the poster emptywheel at FireDogLake (who has a book on the subject coming out very soon) the witness in question is likely to be Cathie Martin. (see here, at comments 147 and 181: http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/18/libby-live-blogging-all-aboard/#comments)http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/18/36260.aspx#36337Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:04:22 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:36337Bill Logan, Astoria, OregonWouldn't Cheney and his lawer's welcome a jurorist with some mixed feelings about Cheneys role in the cover-up? If the verdict came in guilty for Liby, his lawers would only have to say impartial and the case could go on and on.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/18/36260.aspx#36339Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:06:05 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:36339neurophius, Topeka, KansasDavid, despite its specificity to Cheney,that question to the juror sounds to me like the kind of question a lawyer might ask any prospective juror during voir dire. Was this the first time it was asked in this trial? http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/18/36260.aspx#36491Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:47:27 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:36491Dennis Partlow, Redding CaliforniaThe time wasted on this political trail would be better served on solving our immigration problem as this will lead to nowhere and who really cares one or the other.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/18/36260.aspx#36515Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:34:27 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:36515joe doedang... finding someone that doesn't have bad feelings for darth cheney is going to be HARD!http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/18/36260.aspx#36567Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:42:04 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:36567D.U. WatermanThank you for your insightful reporting. There are a lot of people who look forward to watching you on MSNBC, and then discussing you reports, on the Democratic Underground's "Plame Threads."http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/18/36260.aspx#36580Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:42:42 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:36580Dennis PatykLibby and Cheney will lie. How to prove it?http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/18/36260.aspx#36622Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:13:44 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:36622Laurence Jones, Newport News, Va.There will undoubtedly be serveral witnesses whose testimony will raise more questions that will undoubtedly be asked. Despite all the scripting that has been done, expect for the intangible to take place. I'm virtually certain that behind the scene deals have been made that may prove unprofittible for either the defence or prosecution or both. In the end I suspect Libby will do 18mo. to 3 yrs. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/18/36260.aspx#36623Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:14:51 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:36623Richard, Fort Worth, TXI for one have very little faith in these tpye of investagations. In the event that they find Libby guilty, and then what. Do you go on and find the rest of the guilty parties? Do you actually send Mr. Libby to real jail? Or will all this be just a Wash Job, so as to get it off the news?http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/18/36260.aspx#39005Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:54:01 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:39005Hakim Grant, Bogota, New Jersey.At the end of the trial it will show thay Cheney did give the order to leak the information. Scooter libby is just a pawn to take the fall. Don't go hunting with Cheney, remember that staff members.