Meanwhile, Back at the Courthouse...

Firedoglake by Jane Hamsher | Feb. 26, 2007 (Opinion)

I'm at the courthouse, and as Christy said in her update, one of the jurors was exposed to media coverage of the trial. Nobody really expected anything early this morning, so everyone is scrambling into the media room to try and figure out what's going on. Both teams are in the courtroom, and Fitzgerald, Wells, Jeffress and the judge are back with the jurors. Lots of finger drumming, toe tapping and leg swinging on the part of those left waiting. I'm ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Feb 26, 2007 - 8:55 AM PST
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 by Robert M Schacht - Feb. 26, 2007

This story is a chapter in FireDogLake's ground-breaking live blogging from the courthouse where Scooter Libby's trial is taking place. The FDL reporting team is not neutral, but their live feeds from the Courthouse are being linked from MSM outlets like CNN, and their coverage is in itself news. Although their editorial comments and summations are not neutral, their live blogging is as accurate as they can make it-- not quite a transcript, but as close to a transcript as anything, ... More »

I’m at the courthouse, and as Christy said in her update, one of the jurors was exposed to media coverage of the trial. Nobody really expected anything early this ... More »

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 by Kaizar Campwala - Feb. 26, 2007
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 by Rick Albertson - Feb. 26, 2007

Live-blogging the trial is a lot of work for the writers, but it's timely and informative and it's generally worth reading along. The people at FDL are well-known to be partisan, though, so the reader has to bear that editorial bias in mind.

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