Scooter Libby has been sentenced to thirty months in the can for obstruction of justice, perjury, false statements, and general scumminess. He's appealing his conviction. Shocker. You can learn all about Scooter's antics here. Libby's boss Dick Cheney said it was a sad day when his former chief of staff was sentenced. I wonder if Cheney and the rest of his hench men are worried that Scooter really doesn't want to take one for the team, and for the right deal he'll drop dime on all of them.
Shortly after Libby's conviction the calls started to Dubya to pardon him. He broke the law and lied to the DOJ. Why should he get pardoned? I was watching CNN last night and G. Gordon Liddy was on running his mouth about how Scooter should be pardoned. I personally would rather do the thirty months than have this guy going to bat for me. How hard can it really be? Scooter is going to federal prison-it's like a vacation. He's not going to suffer. If I were him I would simply view this as an extended outward bound trip that I just can't leave from. When he gets out he will be rewarded for taking one for the team by the Evil Empire and he will be a rich man. Goes to show you that being a scumbag really does pay. Only in America kids, Only in America.
Are you serious? First of all, it seems to make a lot of sense to have someone who received a pardon to explain the situation with Libby.
Furthermore, Liddy should indeed just take his sentence, that is with the caveat that he committed some crime - which he didn't. You can't obstruct justice when there was no crime taking place. Fitzgerald already knew that Armitage was the leaker. He was reckless in his pursuit of Libby and this witch trial should be over. A presidential pardon is needed.
Posted by: Ted | June 07, 2007 at 05:41 PM
"Witch Trial"? That's rich.
The issue here isn’t the crime of leaking Valerie Plame’s name to reporter Robert Novak. The issue in the Libby case is the cover up of that crime. Libby lied to investigators, the FBI, and ultimately a grand jury. He obstructed justice – lying to investigators in his capacity as an attorney; made false statements – lying to the FBI about receiving the information that Robert Wilson’s wife was a CIA operative from Tim Russert, which, in actuality, Dick Cheney had told him and which he claimed he “forgot”; and finally perjured himself by lying to a grand jury. How do his supporters plead their case for a pardon? Claiming that a “faulty memory” ought not justify a term in prison for a “public servant” on the order of Scooter Libby. I say bullshit. I’m inclined to believe he committed all of the crimes for which he received a fair trial and so, apparently, was the jury of his peers who sat in the courtroom lo those many months and who, after ten days of deliberation, found him guilty of four of the five counts for which he was charged.
Ted also says "Furthermore, Liddy should indeed just take his sentence, that is with the caveat that he committed some crime - which he didn't." This sentence makes no sense. So, he should pay the fines and do the time as long as he DOES say he committed a crime, which he didn't? Huh? And, yes, there was a crime committed - one of questionable patriotism, I might add. The name of a CIA operative was deliberately leaked to the public endangering her life, the life of her husband, the work she was doing on behalf of the United States government and thereby THREATENING NATIONAL SECURITY. That's a federal offense. Libby is actually lucky that Novak broke the story rather than Judith Miller. If not, he might not be doing a mere 30 months in some swank salad-bar prison.
Posted by: Miz B | June 07, 2007 at 11:57 PM
Sorry Ted, I'm inclined to side with Miz B on this issue. Libby did commit a crime and should do his "hard" time and be happy with the reward the "Evil Empire" gives him when he gets sprung.
Posted by: exilegrrl | June 08, 2007 at 10:50 AM