THE FLEISCHER FILES….So why did Ari Fleischer agree to spill his guts in the Scooter Libby trial in return for immunity from prosecution? Slate’s Seth Stevenson reports from the courtroom:
Turns out Fleischer saw a story in the Washington Post suggesting that anyone who revealed Valerie Plame’s identity might be subject to the death penalty. And he freaked.
Which just goes to show: sometimes inaccurate reporting has its uses. Monday should be fun.
UPDATE: Swopa corrects the record here. Fleischer may have freaked, he says, but probably not over the prospect of getting the chair.
