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The National Journal's Murray Waas has a new twist this afternoon in the case
of Scooter Libby. He reports, "Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of
staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, testified to a federal grand jury that he had
been 'authorized' by Cheney and other White House 'superiors' in the summer of
2003 to disclose classified information to journalists to defend the Bush
administration's use of prewar intelligence in making the case to go to war
with Iraq, according to attorneys familiar with the matter, and to court
records."
Tonight on Hardball, Chris will hash out what this report means with Hardball
Correspondent David Shuster and Jonathan Turley, professor of law at George
Washington University. Here's Waas' whole report:
http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2006/0209nj1.htm.
In other news, the hurricane rebuilding and recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast
are under fire again this week as hearings get underway on the Hill and
hundreds of New Orleans area evacuees travel to the nation's capital to demand
more help. Former FEMA Director Mike Brown is set to testify Friday and
Washington is waiting to hear whether he will disclose conversations he had
with President Bush and White House officials during and after the devastating
storm. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) will be here tonight to talk about the state of
the recovery effort. On Wednesday, Frank told a group of hurricane evacuees who
traveled to Washington, "I believe what we are seeing with regard to New
Orleans and surrounding area is a policy, frankly, of ethnic cleansing by
inaction." Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) also will be here to respond to Frank's
comments and offer his take on just how much progress is being made in the
recovery effort. Here's more from the AP on what Brown might say Friday:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11255379/. And here's the hearing schedule for the
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
http://hsgac.senate.gov/.
Plus, Karenna Gore Schiff, author of the new book "Lighting The Way: Nine Women
Who Changed Modern America," will be here to discuss gender politics, the state
of the Democratic Party, and much more!
Also on the show tonight, Chris will talk with the Fisher House's Arnold Fisher
and Bill White about the drive to raise funds for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes
Fund, which will build a training skills facility at Brooke Army Medical Center
in San Antonio, Texas, for military personnel disabled in operations in Iraq
and Afghanistan. Also, Shuster will share with us what Washington leaders have
to say in support of the fund. Find out more about it here:
http://www.fallenheroesfund.org/fallenheroes/index.php.
The Washington Post's Dana Milbank will talk with Chris about the president's
remarks on terror today in which he "disclosed new details of a foiled
terrorist plot to fly a hijacked airliner into a skyscraper on the West Coast,
crediting international cooperation in the war on terrorism with thwarting the
2002 scheme," according to a report by the Post. Here's more of the Post's
report:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/09/AR2006020900301.html.
And here's MSNBC's report: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11254053/.
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--AP reports on a tentative deal on extending the Patriot Act (again)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11257992/
--MSNBC reports on more cartoon protests by Muslims
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11251690/
--NBC's Mark Murray watches a political shootout in Texas
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11241268/
--NBC's First Read http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3626796/
--Doonesbury http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
Brooke Brower compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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