Liveblogged: U.S. vs. Libby -- A primer

As FireDogLake's liveblogging of Libby's trial continues, I note a number of abbreviations, acronyms, slang, shorthand popping up on the fly that most of us Plame-maniacs already know but newbies may not grasp. I'm going to try to document them here, a kind of not-so-secret decoder ring. If there's something you'd like to see added, leave me a comment and I'll cover it here. NOTE: in the event of a server crash at FireDogLake.com, check Windcatpond for announcements, as well as DailyKos for alternative live blogging posts.

Complete list of FireDogLake's Libby trial live blog and related posts here.

Acronyms and Abbreviations:

"ADD"	From notes introduced during testimony by David Addington; abbreviation referred to Addington himself.
ADDOPS	? -- Believe to be “Asst. Deputy Director Operations”-CIA (if you can confirm this one, leave me a comment, tks!)
CIPA	Classified Information Protection Act (see Resources below)
CPD	Counter Proliferation Division (CIA)
DCI	Director, Central Intel
DDCI	Deputy Director, Central Intel
EO	Executive Office (Executive Branch, President's Office or White House)
IIPA	Intelligence Identities Protection Act (definition at Wikipedia)
“K”	From notes introduced during testimony by David Addington, who maintained this indicated a "contract.” (This may be a typo in quasi-transcription and may actually represent “contact”.)
MIB	Morning Intel Briefing
OVP	Office of the Vice President
SF-312	Non-Disclosure Agreement required of government employees and contractors if they handle classified materials.
TOC	Table of Contents, specifically in regards to brief prepared for OVP's office
TS	Top Secret classification
TS/SCI	Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information
WINPAC	Weapons Intelligence Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division (CIA)
Whitmore	Erroneous reference to a reference text, referred to as "Wigmore Rules of Evidence"; the actual title is Treatise on the Anglo-American System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law, written in 1904 by American jurist John Henry Wigmore.
1x2x6	Early theory outlining the genesis of smear campaign against Joe Wilson while outing Valerie Plame. “1x2x6” theory, so-named by blogger Swopa of Needlenose.com, originated from a Washington Post article written by Mike Allen and Dana Priest, arising from this key graf: “Yesterday, a senior administration official said that before Novak's column ran, two top White House officials called at least six Washington journalists and disclosed the identity and occupation of Wilson's wife.”
302	Refers to Rule 302, Applicability of State Law in Civil Actions and Proceedings.
403	Refers to Rule 403, Exclusion of Relevant Evidence on Grounds of Prejudice, Confusion, or Waste of Time
5A	Pending
5K1.1	Refers to Section 5K1.1 of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines; a prosecutor requesting a lesser sentence will write what is referred to as a "5K letter". A 5K letter is not expected in this trial, but has been the subject of speculation during the course of the trial.
801	Rule 801 of Federal Rules of Evidence

Definitions:

(NOTE: IANAL, please correct me if this interpretation or definition needs tweaking, thanks!)

Term	Definition
Brady	From Wikipedia: “Brady material consists of exculpatory or impeaching information that is material to the guilt or punishment of the defendant. The term comes from the U.S. Supreme Court case, Brady v. Maryland,[1] in which the Supreme Court ruled that suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to a defendant who has requested it violates due process.”
Giglio	The government must disclose any material evidence favorable to the defendant; the government is obligated to comply even if the defendant doesn't ask for this evidence. Documents or evidence that fit this description are supposed to be supplied in advance of the trial, and are referred to as "Giglio filings". (See U.S. Supreme Court case GIGLIO v. UNITED STATES, 405 U.S. 150 (1972))
Jencks	From Questia Online Library: "Discovery is also governed by the Jencks Act(57) and Rule 26.2 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.(58) Under the Jencks Act, statements or reports in the possession of the United States made by a potential government witness are not subject to discovery until after that witness has testified on direct examination.(59) After a witness has testified, at defendant's request, the government must turn over documents relevant to the witness' testimony.(60) If the government does not turn over requested documents the testimony of the witness will be stricken and the trial will continue, or the court will declare a mistrial if required by the interests of justice.(61) Rule 26.2 incorporates the substance of the Jencks Act, and further applies to defense witnesses other than the defendant.(62)" (See U.S. Supreme Court case JENCKS v. UNITED STATES, 353 U.S. 657 (1957))
Memory defense	Defense strategy to be deployed by Scooter Libby against charges of perjury, false statements and obstruction, by which defendant will claim he was so very, very busy with so many very, very important things that he just plain forgot that he was leaking classified information about a deepest cover operative. (Theory of this expected defense strategy outlined by blogger emptywheel at FireDogLake).
Proffer	An offer of evidence in the course of a trial to support an argument. (See Proffer at Wikipedia.)

Witnesses [date of testimony in brackets]:

Witness	Profile	Date sworn in
Grossman, Marc	Former Under Secretary for Political Affairs	[24-JAN-07]
Grenier, Robert	Chief of the Iraq Issues Group in 2003, former CIA top counter-terrorism official	[24-JAN-07]
Schmall, Craig	CIA briefer	[24-JAN-07]
Martin, Cathie	Former Press Aid to the Vice President	[25-JAN-07, 29-JAN-07]
Fleischer, Ari	Former Press Secretary to the President	[29-JAN-07]
Addington, David	Chief of Staff to Vice President, Libby's successor in this role	[29-JAN-07, 30-JAN-07]
Miller, Judith	Former journalist for The New York Times	[30-JAN-07, 31-JAN-07]
Cooper, Matthew	Journalist, Times magazine	[31-JAN-07]
Bond, Debra	FBI Agent assigned to investigate leak case	[01-FEB-07, 02-FEB-07]
Mystery Witness	Pending	Est. [05-FEB-07]
Russert, Tim	Pending	Est. [05-FEB-07]

Defendant, Attorneys and other supporting characters:

Name	Role	Team
Bonamici, Debra	Attorney	Team Fitz/Prosecution
Bond, Debbie	Unspecified	Team Fitz/Prosecution
Brady, Harry	Unspecified	Team Fitz/Prosecution
Cline, John	Attorney (memory defense expert)	Team Libby/Defense
Comstock, Barbara	Unspecified (former lobbyist and strategist for RNC, former director of the Office of Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of Justice, current advisor to 2008 Presidential candidate Mitt Romney)	Team Libby/Defense
Fitzgerald, Patrick	Attorney, U.S. Special Counsel (lead for prosecution)	Team Fitz/Prosecution
Francisco, Gerard	Unspecified	Team Fitz/Prosecution
Hance, Katie	Unspecified	Team Fitz/Prosecution
Hansen, Bonnie	Unspecified	Team Fitz/Prosecution
Jeffress, William Jr.	Attorney	Team Libby/Defense
Kedian, Kathleen	Unspecified	Team Fitz/Prosecution
Richards, Jared	Unspecified	Team Fitz/Prosecution
Wells, Ted	Attorney (lead for defense)	Team Libby/Defense
Zeidenberg, Peter	Attorney	Team Fitz/Prosecution

Cast of key characters:

Name	Role
Wilson, Joseph	Former ambassador to Gabon, sent by CIA after inquiry by Vice President Cheney into possible sales of yellowcake uranium by Niger to Iraq. Last American official to speak directly to Saddam Hussein before beginning of Gulf War I. Married to the former Valerie Plame
Wilson, Valerie, nee Plame	Former non-official cover operative for CIA that worked in counterproliferation of WMD. “Outed” by person(s) within the Bush administration, ostensibly as a punishment or threat to her spouse, Joe Wilson for Wilson's outspoken op-ed, “What I didn't Find in Africa.”
Libby, I. Lewis “Scooter”	Former Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, indicted for five counts of perjury, false statements and obstruction in relation to the investigation of the outing of Valerie Plame.
Hamsher, Jane	Blogger who created popular progressive blog, FireDogLake. The blog has hosted salons for discussions between readers and guests, including former Ambassador Joseph Wilson.
Smith, Christy Hardin	A co-blogger at FireDogLake, Christy is a former assistant prosecutor and an attorney.
Emptywheel	Pen name adopted by Marcy T. Wheeler, author of Anatomy of Deceit, and blogger at her own site, The Next Hurrah. Marcy “live blogged” the first weeks of testimony during the U.S. v. Libby trial from Prettyman District Courthouse, a first in blogging. She is also the undisputed expert on the Plame leak case.
Swopa	Pen name adopted by creator of popular progressive blog, Needlenose.com. Swopa is one of the blogosphere's key experts in the Plame leak case as well as the progenitor of the “1x2x6” theory.
Merrit, Jeralyn	Blogger for popular progressive website TalkLeft.com; Jeralyn is a defense attorney providing analysis of court room proceedings on the U.S. v. Libby trial from Prettyman District Courthouse.
Pachacutec	A co-blogger at FireDogLake, Pachacutec writes under this pen name. As a psychologist and consultant specializing in organizational management, Pachacutec provides analysis of key persons from his perspective from U.S. v. Libby trial from Prettyman District Courthouse
Looseheadprop	Co-contributor at FireDogLake writing pseudonymously, looseheadprop is an attorney providing fundamental primers in U.S. Law pertinent to the U.S. v. Libby trial from Prettyman District Courthouse.
TRex	A co-blogger at FireDogLake, TRex's pen name pays homage to his intrinsic therapodian nature. His live blogging from Prettyman District Courthouse will provide additional color on otherwise banal trial participants.

Other References and Resources:

Subject and link where applicable	Source / Author where applicable
U.S. vs. Libby	Filings, USDOJ-USOSC Patrick F. Fitzgerald (website of Special Counsel)
List of Potential Witnesses	Source: Next Hurrah
List of Documents Produced	Source: AP
WMDGate: Fixing Intelligence Around Policy	Source: eriposte at The Left Coaster - link to Introduction of a series of related posts
Anatomy of the WH's Smear Defense	Source: emptywheel at Next Hurrah - Plame primer #1
Anatomy of a White House Smear, Redux	Source: emptywheel at Next Hurrah - Plame primer #2
Plame Affair	Source: Dkosopedia
Plame Affair timeline	Source: Dkosopedia
Classified Information Protection Act (CIPA)	Copy of act at FAS.org

Commonly used terms and slang:

Acronym	Definition
BTW	By the way
EPU, EPU'd	Acronym for “Evil Parallel Universe”, name of a long-time, popular commenter at FireDogLake; acronym “EPU'd” used to describe condition in which a commenter posts at the end of a comment thread as a new thread begins, often without realizing the new thread has started. Evil Parallel Universe often EPU'd himself because his comments were thoughtful and dense in content; by the time he'd completed and submitted his comment in response to a comment mid-thread, he would wind up at the end of a thread with many users having moved on to the new thread.
IANAL	I am not a lawyer – frequently used caveat qualifying a comment as an opinion from someone without a Juris Doctor.
IIRC	If I recall correctly
MSM	Mainstream Media, referring to traditional, corporate-owned media outlets in both print and broadcast.
OMG	Oh my God. Variant OMFG also frequently used.
WRT	With regard to