It's a long long while ....From May to December

Blogenlust found a point or two that would seem to refute Scooter Libby's "I didn't recall" defense. Quoting from and then commenting on a Yahoo! News/LA Times item:

"Scooter had a plan to counter Wilson and a passionate desire to do so," said a second person, a former White House official familiar with the internal deliberations. Like other former White House staff, this person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing criminal investigation.

"Scooter is the most methodical, detail-oriented and comprehensive worker of anybody I've ever worked with in my life," said Mary Matalin, a former Cheney advisor who worked as a consultant on the 2004 campaign.

Essentially, the defense's case asks us to believe that Libby forgot the details of conversations he had about his obsession. I suppose it's possible, but highly unlikely. The time period between the day Libby asked for information on Wilson and his first appearance before the grand jury was less than one year. If the vice president's chief of staff can't remember details about something so big in that short of time, then maybe he shouldn't have been the chief of staff in the first place.