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To the Point

The Prosecution Rests Its Case in the Libby Trial

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2007

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has made his case--or has he? Scooter Libby's defense will begin next week after three weeks of prosecution testimony. What have we learned from the trial? What's next? Is the Libby case about how the White House went to war or much ado about a crime that never happened?  The Pentagon's Inspector General questions the propriety of a Defense Department intelligence report. On Reporter's Notebook, the diamond trade tries to clean up its act.  Lawarence O'Donnell guest hosts.

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0:00.0

From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

0:08.1

What have we learned from three weeks of testimony in the Scooter Libby trial?

0:15.8

I'm Lawrence O'Donnell, sitting in for Warren Allney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

0:21.3

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

0:25.2

The prosecution rests.

0:27.0

Where does the Scooter Libby case stand after three weeks of prosecution testimony?

0:32.0

Today, on To the Point, what has prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald revealed that we didn't already know?

0:37.8

What can we expect from the Libby Defense next week?

0:40.8

Will the vice president testify?

0:43.0

And is this a trial about how America went to war or just a petty grudge match

0:47.9

led by a frustrated prosecutor who found himself investigating a crime that was never committed?

0:53.7

First, here's the news.

1:01.1

Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica

1:05.6

and from the Public Radio International Program Fund,

1:08.7

whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D.

1:12.0

and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation. I'm Lawrence O'Donnell, sitting in for Warren Allney, back with

1:16.8

To the Point from PRI. Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has made his case, or has he?

1:23.2

Scooter Libby's defense will begin next week after three weeks of prosecution testimony.

1:27.9

Coming up, we'll talk about what we've learned from the trial so far, what to expect next,

1:32.8

and whether the Scootie Libby case is about how the White House went to war or much ado about a crime that never happened.

1:40.7

First, this news update.

1:42.5

A report by the Pentagon's Inspector General released today says that former Undersecretary of Defense,

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