Murray Waas' Book Party

Tonight Velvet and I went to the launch party for Murray Waas' new book, The United States v. I Scooter Libby at the Knew Gallery in Georgetown. (Note to the world: if you want me to write about you -- or to write at all -- feed me stuffed grape leaves.)

The party was well stocked with serious writer folk, visual artists and political aficionados. And then there was me. And Velvet.

It was a good time -- much more fun than I expected -- and I was kind of sad when I had to leave to walk my dogs. My only regret is that I was possibly a bit too chatty.... something that's been happening a lot lately thanks to the pain killers I've been taking since undergoing extensive oral surgery.

Here's the description of Murray's book via Amazon:

Washington scandals come and go, but the one surrounding the investigation into the leaking of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame’s identity—now in its fourth year—has had unprecedented staying power. In October 2005, when I. Lewis Libby was indicted on five felony counts of making false statements to the FBI, perjury, and obstruction of justice, his trial became the latest chapter in the saga.

Murray Waas, one of today’s finest investigative journalists, has edited and assembled this instant book that covers the trial from start to finish. He combines the trial transcript, pivotal testimony from key witnesses, and his own original, incisive reporting and an over-arching introductory essay. The subject is certainly one with which Waas is intimately familiar: he’s done groundbreaking work for the National Journal covering the Plame investigation, as well as the Bush Administration’s use (and misuse) of pre-war intelligence. No one is better qualified, or has done more, to inform the public of these shrouded events than Waas.

Like the published reports from the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group, this definitive study is sure to become one of the most significant political documents of this Bush era.