In an earlier post, we noted two developments in the scandal of the unfairly jailed Alabama governor, Don Siegelman:
1. 60 Minutes will devote a segment to the case -- a segment you probably won't see, since it will air opposite the Oscarcast.
2. Larisa Alexandrovna has learned that the journalists working on the case are going to receive a swiftboating from the pro-Republican media.
Go to Larisa's site. You'll see two clips from the 60 Minutes investigation; in the second one, whistleblower Dana Jill Simpson (a former GOP oppo researcher) was tasked -- by Karl Rove directly -- to dig up sexual dirt on Siegelman. She couldn't find any.
Also, we learn that the first hit piece will soon arrive. The target is Scott Horton of Harpers.
More to come...
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Larissa's post from yesterday pointed out that the prosecutor is teeing up to indict a group of Dem Al state legislators as a timed distraction to 60 Minutes with the help of local media.
I am confused as to how Larisa knows that the hit piece on Horton is related to the Seligman case.
First, I would like to know how she knows about this. Second, how does she know that the hit piece is due to Horton's coverage of the Seligman case? If someone has set out to smear Horton, it could be for any number of the stories on which he has reported.
I persist in getting his name wrong. Should be Siegalman not Seligman.
CBS News promoting "60 Minutes" on Don Siegelman
First CBS Teaser Up
CBS News has just posted the first teaser for its feature, to air on Sunday, concerning the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don E. Siegelman. It concerns Jill Simpson's account of her dealings with Karl Rove and his involvement in plans to take down the once popular two-term Alabama Governor:
Rove's attempt to smear Don Siegelman was part of a Republican campaign to ruin him that finally succeeded in imprisoning him, says the operative, Jill Simpson. Simpson speaks to Scott Pelley in her first television interview, to be broadcast on "60 MINUTES" Sunday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. ET/PT, on the CBS Television Network. Simpson spoke to Pelley because, she says, Siegelman's seven-year sentence for bribery bothers her. She recalls what Rove, then President Bush's senior political adviser, asked her to do at a 2001 meeting in this exchange from Sunday's report.
"Karl Rove asked you to take pictures of Siegelman?" asks Pelley. "Yes," replies Simpson.
"In a compromising, sexual position with one of his aides," clarifies Pelley. "Yes, if I could," says Simpson. Simpson says she found no evidence of infidelity despite months of observation. She tells Pelley that Rove, who had been a top Republican strategist in Alabama, had made requests for information from her before in her capacity as an "opposition researcher" for Republicans running for office.
Please click on the link below and hear Scott Pelley of "60 Minutes" talk about Sunday's program featuring the prosecution and imprisonment of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/21/60minutes/main3859830.shtml
I just saw the segment on 60 Minutes and it was very strong. This could be Bush's Watergate.
John in NC
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