[Abrams also minimized Miller's assertion that another source may have given her the name] Valerie Flame, ... in passing. . . . The central and essentially only figure who had information was Libby. |
[Appearing on CNN's] Reliable Sources, ... I tried to get a deal a year ago. I spoke to Mr. Fitzgerald, the prosecutor, and he did not agree at that time to something that he later did agree to, which was to limit the scope of the questions he would ask, so as to assure that the only source he would effectively be asking about was Mr. Libby. |
[Appearing Sunday on CNN's] Reliable Sources, ... I tried to get a deal a year ago. I spoke to Mr. Fitzgerald, the prosecutor, and he did not agree at that time to something that he later did agree to, which was to limit the scope of the questions he would ask, so as to assure that the only source he would effectively be asking about was Mr. Libby. |
[Cooper called Libby directly, Abrams told NPR, and was referred to his lawyer for authorization. Abrams said he specifically remembered talking to Tate about the waiver.] It was made very clear to me in discussions with Mr. Libby's counsel that he had personally approved and authorized Matthew Cooper fully to disclose everything about their conversations, ... I was satisfied that I had been given a direct and unequivocal assurance that Matt could testify and Libby had approved that. |
[In an interview yesterday, Abrams declined to endorse Miller's account that Libby did not want her to testify unless she was going to exonerate him.] That's Judy's interpretation, ... certainly asked me what Judy would say, but that's an entirely proper question. |
[One of Miller's lawyers involved in the earlier discussions, Floyd Abrams, said there was] a great deal of ambiguity ... was, by its very nature, coercive. |
[One of Ms. Miller's lawyers, Floyd Abrams, wrote a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyer on Thursday in what he said was an effort] to set the record straight. ... coerced and had been required as a condition for Mr. Libby's continued employment at the White House. |
[That position, Abrams said, led Miller's team to assume that Libby wasn't really keen on seeing Miller testify, no matter what Libby's lawyers implied--a hesitation that gave Miller pause.] He didn't call. He didn't write, ... you draw certain conclusions. |
[The assertion by Libby's team that he had been giving her the green light all along brought a quick rebuttal from one of Miller's attorneys, Floyd Abrams. In a letter to Libby's lawyers] to set the record straight, ... coerced. |
a book is allowed to criticize a holder of a trademark and mock a trademark as well. |
A visitor from a distant planet might say of all of this, 'What are you doing? Why are you limiting speech about elections?' But that's what we're doing, and that's what the legislation that passed yesterday does. |
At its core, ... a time had come when it was possible to resolve this. Judy had no desire to continue to endure life in the detention center. |
coerced and had been required as a condition for Libby's continued employment at the White House. |
Everything is being dropped. There is no more litigation about this. |
First Amendment issues are always unpopular. That's why we need a First Amendment. |