Last night I appeared on a panel on the Scooter Libby case. It was Judge Reggie Walton, Peter Zeidenberg, Alexandra Walsh from the Libby team, Lee Levine (who represented Andrea Mitchell and Tim Russert), Walter Pincus and I. The panel itself was good. My high point came after Walsh had explained why the Defense had [...]

Bloomberg is reporting that Office of Management and Budget head Peter Orszag has told the intelligence committees Obama will veto the intelligence authorization because–among other reasons–it calls for re-examining the FBI’s conspiracy theory-as-investigation summary finding that Bruce Ivins acted alone. (h/t fatster) President Barack Obama probably would veto legislation authorizing the next budget for U.S. [...]

My anthrax timeline updated with the dates from the DOJ document dump. Boy, if I were Steven Hatfill, I’d be pissed, even with my $5 million.

The exchange between Pat Leahy and Michael Mukasey about the anthrax terrorist sure made me wonder whether they both know exactly who sent those anthrax letters.

Steven Hatfill will no longer have to complain that he can’t get a job anymore because he was once the leading suspect to be the anthrax terrorist. The government just signed a $5.8 million settlement with him, which includes a cash payment now and then $150,000 annual payments for the next 20 years.

in an op-ed, Steven Hatfill’s lawyer asks what will prevent government officials from using private information for political score-settling.

A month ago, Steven Hatfill learned three of the sources who were reporting that he was a “person of interest” in the anthrax investigation. But it appears he didn’t learn all of those sources. Did the government selectively release reporters based on the damage they could do in a suit by Hatfill.

Some of the journalists who reported Steven Hatfill as a “person of interest” in the anthrax investigation have revealed their sources. Thing is–I think this might actually make this case more interesting, because I’m not sure knowing the journalists’ sources helps make Hatfill’s case.