independence in the sense that he thought there were no other similar or analogous cases. he told the defense you have the comparison to george papadopoulos, as well as a british attorney, were not really analogous. not really relevant, because their lives were not made from the west wing of the white house. also come on that point, the defense had argued that the other three or four star generals who had been found guilty of lying to the fbi also were able to plea to a misdemeanor and avoid any jail time. specifically, general david pretorius, about his handling of classified information with his biographer. as well as former national security advisor sandy berger and the quick demonstration. the judge, as we left today, in my view, seemed to ridicule the petraeus decision to plea to misdemeanor pretty city found that striking them out in the same wheelhouse as he was
pardon me? did you support the petraeus decision? you will let him off the hook but not hillary clinton. hillary clinton, there are five acts we are talking about. you said you are going to take a hard line on hillary clinton and not petraeus. petraeus gave away one or two things. she destroyed a drive with 34,000 e-mails on it. first of all, in a trial court, i could argue to a jury it s an inference of guilt. if you are under investigation and destroy evidence a judge will charge a jury. the jury can assume she destroyed that evidence because it contained information about benghazi. the judge could charge the jury with that. the same thing with brady. his biggest problem is getting rid of the darn phone. the commissioner had a right to drill the inference. he got rid of it because it contained things that would hurt
to work together and get a result. blanche lincoln agreed to a compromise on the derivatives crackdown she has been pushing so hard on. norah, what else? bp shares hit a 14-year low this morning after the oil giant revealed the total cost of its response to the gulf crisis has reached $2.35 billion. mississippi officials report today that large amounts of crude are now moving closer to that state s fertile barrier islands. in florida a popular section of beach near the alabama border has been closed and tropical storms are forming around the gulf and could head into the oil-soaked waters the next few days. the debate over the government s deep drilling moratorium drags on today after a federal judge said yesterday he would not reconsider his decision to halt the ban.
all this as a tropical storm mass is forming around the gulf that could head into oil-soaked waters within the next few days. pretty scary. the debate over the government s six-month deep water drilling moratorium will drag on today after a federal judge said yesterday he would not reconsider his decision to halt the ban. the obama administration wanted the ban in place while investigators look into the cause of the april 20th rig explosion. the interior department has said it will appeal the decision. all right. coming up next, an exclusive first look at the top stories in the politico playbook. republicans block an election year jobs bill. what it means for the president and the fall mid terms. later, the week in review. find out which of these important stories will make the cut. severe weather ripped through the northeast yesterday. here is bill karins. weekend is about here. good friday morning. a lot of nasty weather from extreme heat in washington, d.c. where it was 100
the interior department has said it will appeal the decision. donnie, this is back on the front pages now, the petraeus decision has been made and krs mcchrystal is out. a creep to this story. two months now since the oil rig exploded and just seeing oil on the beaches in pensacola yesterday and coming into mississippi. this is going to be a long problem for the president and politicians. this one, unfortunately, does not have a ribbon to tie up. this is going to go through christmas. unfortunately, obviously, there is a villain here, bp, but it s not we need oil and this is an unfortunate, you know, result of our need for oil and it s just there s not a clear villain and not a clear solution. it s bad story that continues. john heilemann, you write about bp in the latest issue of new york magazine. is this a moment for us? we ve had so many moments before. we ve been woken up about our