Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>>>Hey, looks like the Plame civil suit got laughed out of court<<<


Good to see you're still wrong by default. Saves time. The suit wasn't laughed out of court. It was actually well received but as expected, a libel suit against a sitting president and his staff won't go far due to inherent immunity. You think this was news worthy?


"The alleged means by which defendants chose to rebut Mr. Wilson's comments and attack his credibility may have been highly unsavory," Bates wrote. "But there can be no serious dispute that the act of rebutting public criticism, such as that levied by Mr. Wilson against the Bush administration's handling of prewar foreign intelligence, by speaking with members of the press is within the scope of defendants' duties as high-level Executive Branch officials."

The judge said that such efforts are a natural part of the officials' job duties, and, thus, they are immune from liability.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/19/AR2007071901395.html