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Pardon Libby now or later

Scooter Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, drew 30 months in the slammer today. He was convicted in March of lying and obstructing an investigation.

He should serve precisely zero time in jail. He was not the original source of the leak in the Valerie Plame case. It’s questionable whether she was a covert agent at the time and, as we all know, there was no underlying crime. The original source was former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, though nobody was charged. Libby’s crime is a faulty memory.

If forced to jail now, the President should issue the pardon before appeals are exhausted. If not, he should pardon Libby , if need be, when they run their course.

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By getalife

June 5, 2007 12:51 PM | Link to this

Jim condones outing a CIA agent because her husband exposed the lies for the Iraq occupation.

Your ugly, criminal, character is showing Jim.

He should of got 30 years or do the like the Chinese and give him the death penalty.

Pathetic like lazy Fred Thompson.

By gram

June 5, 2007 1:02 PM | Link to this

Who cares about politics? The guy lied under oath. For that he should serve time. Aren’t truth and justice the American way?

By Lauren

June 5, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this

Naturally, Wooten thinks his own are above the law. He was convicted of a crime therefore he should go to prison. Bottom line. Period. Republicans always think they are the exception to every rule. They hated Clinton for not being able to keep it in his pants but they LOVE Guilliani who has the same darn problem. All their rhetoric is BS. This is no different.

By RCH

June 5, 2007 1:12 PM | Link to this

Trying to remember a conversation made two years ago is a little difficult. I challenge anyone here to remember a specific blog on a specific day made one year ago. He broke no law except having a faulty memory. From now on you will hear: ” Sorry’ I don’t recolate that conversation.”

By getalife

June 5, 2007 1:12 PM | Link to this

Only an idiot like Jim believes armitage was the only leaker. There were many leakers including libby and rove directed by cheney. libby blocked this investigation and took the fall.

Since you do not believe in the law, you support amnesty for criminals.

Let them all out of prison.

Right Jim.

Geez.

By Finster

June 5, 2007 1:13 PM | Link to this

“underlying crime” is a bit weasley Jim. So you believe if there was no underlying crime then it is okay to obstruct an investigation and lie under oath? He was not convicted of outing Ms. Plame, he was convicted of obstructing justice and lying under oath and there is no excuse for that. That you think there is reveals much about your “underlying” character.

By GreyGayGeek

June 5, 2007 1:13 PM | Link to this

As you put it, Jim, he purjured himself and obstructed justice.

If such actions could garner Clinton an impeachment, why should Scooter get off without punishment? Of course, other than Clinton is a Democrat and Scooter is a Republican, and we all know that Republicans never break the law. Even when theyr’e convicted of doing so…

By Don

June 5, 2007 1:15 PM | Link to this

Jim, You’re not thinking right on this one. Without a doubt he should go to jail. Not only should he be there, but the others whom he protected should be his cellmate.

By james

June 5, 2007 1:16 PM | Link to this

Only if both Clintons go to jail first. Talk about a double standard !!

By Mack

June 5, 2007 1:16 PM | Link to this

I don’t know why it’s so hard for Republicans to understand it’s never the crime but the cover up. If Libby lied under oath he shold go to jail, it’s that simple. As an American you should be livid that a CIA agent was identified.

By getalife

June 5, 2007 1:17 PM | Link to this

Pardon Jefferson too, right Jim?

How about one for Rudolph so he can blow up more policemen?

Jim wants anarchy and he is a criminal enabler.

Amnesty for illegal immigrants too, right Jim.

Geez.

By Mack

June 5, 2007 1:20 PM | Link to this

I don’t know why it’s so hard for Republicans to understand it’s never the crime but the cover up. If Libby lied under oath he shold go to jail, it’s that simple. As an American you should be livid that a CIA agent was identified.

By Bill Clinton

June 5, 2007 1:21 PM | Link to this

Who’s laughing now? At least I didn’t go to jail. Hell to the yes, he should go to jail.. Where is Lewinski when I need her. I won’t be satisfied until Rove or better yet Rogue,and undercover gay pride president Cheney joins him.

By ts

June 5, 2007 1:21 PM | Link to this

Lying and obstructing law enforcement is either a crime or it is not Jim. I remember not too long ago you felt very strongly about that. We are a country of laws…these laws need to be enforced on everybody no matter what their position is. The problems in the country are continuously compounded every day by those wanting to give criminals a pass. You do the crime…you do the time. White collar or blue collar. I have alway thought that was the mantra of a true conservative.

By John

June 5, 2007 1:22 PM | Link to this

I never agree with AJC’s news slants but, this time, I have to agree with Jim. Scooter is just another scapegoat like Oliver North.

By john

June 5, 2007 1:23 PM | Link to this

It’s about time!! No one is above the law and I expect that after the American people fire the republicans in ‘08 more truths will come out. Cheney is very high on the list right now.

By newkid

June 5, 2007 1:23 PM | Link to this

If Libby knew, Cheney knew; if Cheney knew, W knew; if W knew, Rove knew. Send them all to jail, and drop the key in the Persian Gulf. Oh, and send that thief from Louisiana - what’s his name Dollar Bill Jefferson or something - with them.

By Donesha

June 5, 2007 1:24 PM | Link to this

Come on now people. This man was not the source of the leak. He should not serve a day without your favorite Vice President Dick Cheney right beside him and we know that will not happen.

By Neo-ConArtist

June 5, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this

{{He was convicted in March of lying and obstructing an investigation.}}

What part of lying to a grand jury don’t you understand, you bunch of law-and-order hypocrites???

By Pope rednecks - Amerikkka's Al Qaeda I

June 5, 2007 1:28 PM | Link to this

Anyone who has ever had a secret clearance knows that you don’t talk to people about them. Libby, who had one, talked to reporters about someone else’s. Leaking state secrets to the press is no different from leaking them to the Russkies or the Israelis - witness the life terms received by Hanson and Pollard.

So Mr. Libby’s 30 months for treason, when our constitution calls for death, is getting off quite light.

Look on the bright side though - like most kkkons, Scooter will probably enjoy all the opportunities for male bonding offered in a single-sex environment.

We, the Pope, have spoken.

By Pope rednecks - Amerikkka's Al Qaeda I

June 5, 2007 1:29 PM | Link to this

Anyone who has ever had a secret clearance knows that you don’t talk to people about them. Libby, who had one, talked to reporters about someone else’s. Leaking state secrets to the press is no different from leaking them to the Russkies or the Israelis - witness the life terms received by Hanson and Pollard.

So Mr. Libby’s 30 months for treason, when our constitution calls for death, is getting off quite light.

Look on the bright side though - like most kkkons, Scooter will probably enjoy all the opportunities for male bonding offered in a single-sex environment.

We, the Pope, have spoken.

By gttim

June 5, 2007 1:30 PM | Link to this

He lied during a criminal investigation. He should go to jail. However, as a wealthy, white Republican, he will never do any time. Now if he was a black man, or if he was poor, he would be going to jail right now.

By regulator

June 5, 2007 1:31 PM | Link to this

Jim, you’re pretty pitiful.

By getalife

June 5, 2007 1:34 PM | Link to this

Dear AJC,

It is time to out Jim out to pasture.

Geez.

By Curious Observer

June 5, 2007 1:36 PM | Link to this

I keep having to remind myself of the Republican concept of criminal justice: if it’s a Democrat who is charged, then it obvious he is guilty and needs to serve some serious prison time; on the other hand, if it’s a Republican charged and convicted, then it’s all the result of a liberal conspiracy or an over-zealous prosecutor, and the poor person is innocent.

Libby was charged by a Republican prosecutor and convicted by a jury of his peers of obstruction of justice and lying to FBI agents. He was not charged with outing a CIA agent. The argument that there was no “underlying crime” is completely bogus. The term for such an argument is sophistry.

Presumably, according to Wooten’s logic, a person being interviewed by the FBI should feel free to lie like a sleeping dog, provided the crime being investigated is disputable.

The “faulty memory” cited as a second excuse is equally bogus. A person who serves as the chief of staff to the vice president of the United States is highly unlikely to have a sieve for a memory. He wouldn’t last a week in that role.

I take no pleasure in the fall of Libby, regardless of his politics. A man who has risen to such a state of eminence would normally serve out his appointment and retire in dignity. Libby’s fall has many of the elements of Greek tragedy, especially in its emphasis on hubris’s role in leading to this disgrace.

However, either the criminal code applies to all or else it is not part of a justice system that deserves respect. I will take the same position if Congressman Jefferson is convicted of any of the charges against him.

Perjury is perjury, and obstruction of justice strikes at the heart of the criminal justice system, as any decent lawyer will tell you. Libby has been convicted of felonies, and he has been sentenced accordingly. Barring a successful appeal, I expect to see his sentence carried out. The argument that President Bush should issue a pardon in Libby’s case is essentially a plea for selective application of justice.

By Good!

June 5, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this

How can anyone that’s tied to the Bush administration be considered corrupt and get time in jail? Aren’t they the party of the Bible and God? Put your blinders down you crazy Christians, this is worse than getting a BJ in the Oval Office!

By Mark

June 5, 2007 1:39 PM | Link to this

Lying to a grand jury is a crime, Jim, even when a Republican does it. Sorry… so Scooter’s off to jail. Hopefully Bush, Chaney, Rove, Wolfoqwitz, Rice and the rest will follow. 3,200 American servicepeople dead… 100,000-plus Iraqis dead… all for a war based on lies to control oil and punish Saddam for once trying to kill W’s father. Calling the Hague…We’ve got some war criminals for you… isn’t that what you call people who kills scores of people without any actual reason?

By Good!

June 5, 2007 1:40 PM | Link to this

How can anyone that’s tied to the Bush administration be considered corrupt and get time in jail? Aren’t they the party of the Bible and God? Put your blinders down you crazy Christians, this is worse than getting a BJ in the Oval Office!

By RCH

June 5, 2007 1:40 PM | Link to this

gttim Remember, to covict someone their should be no shadow of a doubt. Can you remember a conversation almost 2 years ago word for word? I think it is easier to remember $90,000 stashed in the freezer.

By The Truth

June 5, 2007 1:41 PM | Link to this

YES. He should go to jail. Libby lied about outing a CIA agent. It doesn’t matter if she was covert or not hardly anybody knew she was a CIA agent. Bush lied to the American people about Iraq and that lie has led to the deaths of over 3,000 american soilders. Bush should go to jail too. All Republicans can do is talk about Clinton. News Flash you idiots Clinton lied about having sex. Which last time I checked didn’t get anybody killed. Even idiot Republicans whose economic policies and military policies are ruining this country can tell which is worse. LIBBY AND BUSH should be ashamed.

By Good!

June 5, 2007 1:42 PM | Link to this

How can anyone that’s tied to the Bush administration be considered corrupt and get time in jail? Aren’t they the party of the Bible and God? Put your blinders down you crazy Christians, this is worse than getting a BJ in the Oval Office!

By Pope rednecks - Amerikkka's Al Qaeda I

June 5, 2007 1:43 PM | Link to this

Folks, perjury in a sex discrimination case is not in any way equivalent to obstructing justice regarding national security.

Dumbya would have sent a powerful message if he had sent Scooter to Gitmo, where he belongs for his willful arrogant stupidity that compromised our national security, along with Armitage, Novak, and Cheney.

But the Decider decided his cronies were more important to him.

What a pathetic man this pResident you red state trash elected is…

By getalife

June 5, 2007 1:43 PM | Link to this

We were a nation of laws until the w disaster.

We will return to being a nation of laws and morals when the wingnuts are the permanent minority in 08.

Nobody is above the law.

By Hopalong

June 5, 2007 1:44 PM | Link to this

Jim:

Ordinarily I am in close agreement with you on most matters. However, On this, you are dead wrong! So what if he is not the one who “really knew what was going on”? He lied to protect them. Loyality has it’s price. His is 30 months.

By john

June 5, 2007 1:45 PM | Link to this

Maybe Wooten would like to do Libby’s time?

By Blind Homer

June 5, 2007 1:46 PM | Link to this

Just because Nixon got pardoned and Raygun got away with treason by repeating “I don’t recall” over and over again doesn’t mean Republicans should be above the law. Cheney should have been impeached for treason but we’ll have to settle for the Scooter.

By Mark

June 5, 2007 1:47 PM | Link to this

Anyone who voted for George W. Bush the second time should be ashamed. After being handed the presidency by a packed supreme court and then lying us into a war against a country that didn’t attack us, it was clear what kind of person he was and what kind of administration he was running. By virtue of the devastation he’s wraught on our country, our military, our national treasury and our world-wide standing, he’s clearly the worst president ever. He and all his immoral, corrupt cronies are criminals and my hope is Libby is just the first of many to go to the slammer.

By Shar

June 5, 2007 1:50 PM | Link to this

We DON’T “all know there was no underlying crime.” There were lots of them. Revealing the identity of a covert operative (and whose covert status has been repeatedly confirmed by the CIA) is a dangerous, treacherous and criminal action. Using the power of the executive branch to make personal attacks in order to undermine disagreement is loathesome and criminal. Lying to investigators and to the court, under oath, is criminal behavior. Libby is an accomplished member of the Bar and knew all of this. His choice to lie may have been to protect his superiors or to advance his own position by proving his alleigance, much as Mafioso prove themselves to thier capos by committing crimes. He may have had purer motives. Regardless, he knew the law, knew the destructive effect on the legal system of perjury and obstruction, and chose to lie. His lying has cost the country the opportunity to fully understand the machinations behind the outing of Plame as well as costing the taxpayers a great deal of money, yet Libby is unrepentant and his apologists are blustery. He should begin serving his time immediately.

By Eldon

June 5, 2007 1:51 PM | Link to this

You bet he should. Right after Sandy Berger.

By getalife

June 5, 2007 1:53 PM | Link to this

Berger’s case is over. Get over it.

You will break the law if you try him again unless he is in Gitmo.

By Centrist

June 5, 2007 1:54 PM | Link to this

You bet he should. Right after Sandy Berger.

By getalife

June 5, 2007 2:00 PM | Link to this

Well, we have two idiots on this blog.

One is senile and the other believes in double jeopardy.

Geez.

By S. Jenkins

June 5, 2007 2:03 PM | Link to this

Libby is nothing more than a scape goat for the real guilty individual who needs to serve time in prison for not only lying to about the CIA leak but also to the American people day in and day out.

DICK CHANEY is a disgrace to the American politcal system and God willing all of his dirty lies and pimping of America will be come to the surface and he shall fall from God’s good graces.

By not surprised

June 5, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this

I’m not surprised! They were ready to impeach a president for lying about an adulterous affair, but it’s OK to lie about outing a CIA agent to the world.

The entire staff of the current administration needs to go to jail WITH Libby!

By Skeeter

June 5, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this

The President should pardon Libby since putting him in prison would not serve the public interest.

Here, in short, is why:

Scooter Libby’s memory was wrong. He did not willfully lie about anything. What would’ve been his motive? His faulty memory resulted in perjury charges being filed against him. If you conclude that Libby should’ve been tried, then realize that a variety of CIA officials and journalists (including Bob Novak, Bob Woodward and Walter Pincus of the Washington Post, and Time’s Matthew Cooper all had differing recollections about the same events.

If a faulty memory is a jailable offense, then “get a life” should receive a life sentence since outing a CIA agent was never the issue. Therefore “get a life” made a false statement and should be tried, sentenced, and imprisoned.

Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald said throughout Libby’s trial that it made no difference to the case whether CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson was a covert agent. Fitzgerald even said it would make no difference to the case “if [Ms. Wilson] turned out to be a postal driver mistaken for a CIA employee.” He also expressed objections to the court when the defense requested documents regarding Plame’s status explaining that this trial was not about outing a CIA agent, rather it was about perjury.

You folks who are members of the Hating Left are bereft of ideas and solutions about how to make this country stronger and better in the future. Hate is all you have. And Hate is all you are.

It is you people who need to “get a life.”

Mr. President, Pardon Scooter Libby.

By Gman

June 5, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this

Reagan’s use of the excuse “I don’t recall” is understandable for obvious reasons. Libby’s excuse was concocted in an attempt to cover his behind. My advice to Scooter is… Don’t drop the soap!

By getalife

June 5, 2007 2:08 PM | Link to this

Hahahaha, deflect the blame is not working skeeter.

Its about lying libby not me.

Thanks.

By RamblinLonghorn

June 5, 2007 2:10 PM | Link to this

“The original source was former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, though nobody was charged. Libby’s crime is a faulty memory.”

No. Libby’s crime was obstructing an investigation. He was given a fair trial and was found guilty of the charges placed before him. That lovely conservative attachment to the rule of law should apply to all, not just those who “Deserve it.”

By irish65

June 5, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this

As usual, you miss the point, Jim.

Libby was convicted of lying to a federal grand jury. The fact that he wasn’t the originator of the illegal outing of a covert CIA agent is not even mentioned in the indictment.

Keep on misquoting and misleading, though, it does your Neo-cons good, and keeps labeling your thinking.

By getalife

June 5, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this

You will see all the gop candidates take wooten’s position on this issue tonight.

They think they are above the law.

Fred Thompson already took this criminal enabler position.

We need leaders who do not think this way.

By Neo-ConArtist

June 5, 2007 2:20 PM | Link to this

I say we pardon Scooter, but only if we pressure Cheney to be a real man and do Scooter’s jail time for him… after all, Cheney hasn’t even bothered to talk to Scooter after he was convicted of lying to the grand jury for him, so Cheney should really do the right thing here and just get himself on over to the jailhouse!

Scooter was only trying to cover up that Cheney was the one who leaked the CIA info in the first place. That’s what happens when you take the fall for those criminal types like Cheney.

By Samuel L Jackson

June 5, 2007 2:27 PM | Link to this

He got what he deserved and i hope he burns in hell.

By Alex

June 5, 2007 2:29 PM | Link to this

He should be sentenced immediately. The Capitol Hill crooks must be stopped quickly before their crime wave spread to other places like here in Georgia.

By hogoman

June 5, 2007 2:29 PM | Link to this

Look, the fact that he lied under oath is not something that should be condoned. But you have to ask yourself why go to all this trouble and expense just to drive home this point when the underlying crime (outing a CIA officer) could be prosecuted against others and was not. Where’s the balancing act and sense of fairness. Top all of this off with the fact that federal agents lie when it suits the purpose of the government. Agents are trained to lie and deceive when dealing with obtaining info from suspects and informants and the courts do in fact condone this conduct as being sound investigative technique. When the shoe is on the other foot…g-d forbid.

By Andrew

June 5, 2007 2:30 PM | Link to this

Your one-sided politics are sickening, Mr. Wooten, and part of what got our country into the mess that it is currently in.

By Will Jones

June 5, 2007 2:32 PM | Link to this

Libby’s conviction is peripheral to Bush’s false war treason predicated on his committing 9-11. Those who knowingly support this administration, including Wooten, are guilty of Misprision of Treason, at least, and should be charged as soon as the bi-partisan false-elite now in power is discharged by The People.

By An Honest American

June 5, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this

Jim

It is disappointing that you put your partisan bias before honesty and integrity.

What part of: Repeated lying to the grand jury do you not understand?

If this were a Democrat you would be screaming bloody murder.

You have fawned over Bush and Co for years and now their that their dishonesty is so clearly seen, you are off in a corner with your eyes wide shut.

You are a partisan fraud.

By Jennifer

June 5, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this

There is a huge difference between lying and making the mistake of guessing when your memory is faulty. I would not expect most to appreciate this subtlety since most of the people who comment on this website are incapable of seeing an issue beyond the political affiliation of the people involved. Regardless, Scooter Libby did not deserve his conviction or his sentence, and I hope the president takes the next opportunity to pardon him.

By E Aldrich

June 5, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this

Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.

By Steve

June 5, 2007 2:35 PM | Link to this

Just to set the record straight:

  • Valerie Plame was never a CIA covert operative.

  • Scooter Libby should go to jail because he broke the law.

  • No one knows if Dick Cheney, Dick Armitage, etc etc “outed” Valerie Plame. What we DO know is that none of them have been convicted for lying under oath.

  • Sandy Berger should have gotten a far more severe sentence than Scooter Libby. His crime—willingly stealing documents from the National Archives in order to spare the Clinton administration the embarassment waiting for them at the 9/11 commission—was much more serious than lying about a covert operative who wasn’t a covert operative.

  • Bill Clinton should be in there next to both of them. To quote another poster on this board, what part of “lying to the grand jury” do you not understand.

  • Ronald Reagan is dead. For the love of God, get over it.

  • By George W Bush

    June 5, 2007 2:36 PM | Link to this

    Thank ya Mr. Wooten. That felt real nice. (zips up pants)

    By Goldie

    June 5, 2007 2:49 PM | Link to this

    {{Valerie Plame was never a CIA covert operative.}}

    Seems like “Steve” needs to work on his “facts”.

    If Ms. Plame testified that she was a “covert operative for the CIA” and the CIA itself states that Ms. Plame was a covert operative, from where are you getting your information, Steve? From Bill O’Reilly or Rush Limbaugh?

    By getalife

    June 5, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this

    Fitz confirmed she was.

    Steve is lying.

    By Steve

    June 5, 2007 2:55 PM | Link to this

    Nice try, Goldie, but either you know you’re making things up or you are a moron.

    The CIA has NEVER admitted the identity of one of its covert operatives, and especially not when that “operative” is still on the payroll.

    And no, I don’t listen to Limbaugh or O’Reilly—I find them obtuse and uninteresting, sort of like you.

    Thanks for taking the time to prove why estrogen laden Oprah-worshipers like yourself should be seen and not heard. Now go make me a sandwich.

    By Shar

    June 5, 2007 2:56 PM | Link to this

    Republican frustration with Clinton and Democratic frustration with Bush/Cheney is irrelevant. So are Sandy Berger, Ronald Reagan, Dick Armitage, Karl Rove and the accused Congressman Jefferson. The fact is that Libby was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice, regardless of what anyone else has done in the history of our Republic. He has now been sentenced. The sentencing judge specifically refuted the defense’s contention that Libby’s years of public service should entitle him to special consideration in ameliorating his sentence. He is equal with anyone else who has commited a felony, and is subject to the same rule of law.

    The contention that what Libby did is somehow excused by what other people have done (“He did it first! He did it more!”) is strictly schoolyard. Justifying current crimes with historical injuries is a particularly entrenched practice in places like Serbia and Iraq, and look where that has gotten them. I think that we can do better.

    By River Rat

    June 5, 2007 3:03 PM | Link to this

    Why should libby go to jail they’ve established that no crime was commited.Seems that by those standards, that just lying under oath Slick Willie Klinton would be a serial offender and by these standards might never get out of prison.Klinton lied under oath about everything from Whitewater, Paula Jones,Jennifer Flowers,Monica Blewinski and many others. The Klintons are known to be liars,serial liars, but they haven’t been jailed,However they should both be tarred and feathered.

    By Goldie

    June 5, 2007 3:07 PM | Link to this

    {{Now go make me a sandwich.}}

    I will, as soon as you go get yourself a lobotomy.

    By JB

    June 5, 2007 3:08 PM | Link to this

    I think OJ is innocent. It was his son that killed Nicole and Ron.

    By Some Guy

    June 5, 2007 3:09 PM | Link to this

    You cons admire Reagan because he got away with the amnesia alibi. What you fail to recognize is that he really was DEMENTED. Isn’t it becoming obvious how painfully disconnected you are becoming with your constituents?

    By Finster

    June 5, 2007 3:10 PM | Link to this

    Skeeter, that is some pretty messed up logic you have. He didn’t lie he just has a poor memory!! Really? You really had a double helping of kool-aid, didn’t you! I guess that can be the cry of everyone now who gets caught lying under oath! “Oh, sorry, I know I said that but the truth is I just don’t remember so scratch what I said before and just chalk it up to my faulty memory!” That ought to be called taking “The Gonzales” Sorry, sir, I would love to answer these very important questions but I just don’t recall. I love it when Republicans try to weasle out of things when they have been caught. It is like listening to a 10 year-old. Lame, lame, lame!

    By Steve

    June 5, 2007 3:11 PM | Link to this

    Goldie,

    Bend over and i’ll give it to you like your daddy does.

    By Steve

    June 5, 2007 3:13 PM | Link to this

    Well spoken, Char. You know, I was going to take the high road like you, but I got sidetracked by Goldie along the way. And now it appears I’ve alienated her with that “sandwich” remark.

    God, why do I always do this? Why do I say hurtful things? Goldie, we could have had something special, you and I. It’s not too late. What are you wearing right now?

    By Goldie

    June 5, 2007 3:13 PM | Link to this

    {{Sandy Berger should have gotten a far more severe sentence than Scooter Libby.}}

    Steve— according to which American law is that?

    And how does Scooter’s sentence measure up to the other notorious Repubs’ sentences for lying and committing crimes against America, such as Ollie North, Charles Colson, Gordon Liddy, et al???

    Please do honor the blogosphere with your knowledge of American law and how it should be meted out to criminals of the Republican Party. Thank you.

    By Steve

    June 5, 2007 3:15 PM | Link to this

    Well spoken, Shar. You know, I was going to take the high road like you, but I got sidetracked by Goldie along the way. And now it appears I’ve alienated her with that “sandwich” remark.

    God, why do I always do this? Why do I say hurtful things? Goldie, we could have had something special, you and I. It’s not too late. What are you wearing right now?

    By Scott

    June 5, 2007 3:16 PM | Link to this

    I hope Bush does pardon Libby. He is already about as popular as genital herpes at an orgy, so he might as well go all the way. He has nothing to lose since he has already lost it all. Now he has reignited the Cold War! Geez! What an awful President! Also, someone needs to tell Mary Matalin that a face lift on an ugly woman just makes for a weird looking ugly woman! Did anyone see that goon on MTP on Sunday. Man, all I can say is her plastic surgeon must have been an Democrat. Hilarious!

    By Steve

    June 5, 2007 3:18 PM | Link to this

    No, seriously, Goldie, what are you wearing? You’re so stupid I’ve kind of pictured you as a hot blonde with a GED…I’m guessing somewhere in the Riverdale area….

    Oh crap, did I just do it again?

    By Yellow Dog

    June 5, 2007 3:22 PM | Link to this

    Contrary to what ostriches like Steve want to continue to lie about it is a FACT that Plame Wilson worked on the clandestine side of the CIA in the Directorate of Operations as a non-official cover (NOC) officer, and was part of an operation tracking distribution and acquisition of weapons of mass destruction technology to and from Iran.

    A repeated assertion (read lie) does not become true based on repetition. The outing of Plame Wilson was a very serious matter and damaged our ability to continue to track the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Iran. If you’re comfortable with that fine. But don’t repeat the talking points unless you have the facts to back it up.

    Plame Wilson was a covert CIA agent who was outed by this administration to gain political advantage. Just business as usual in the slash and burn political realm that is Karl Rove politics. And as long as sycophants like Steve are willing to repeat the lies it might just keep working.

    Shameful.

    By Richard T Hill Jr

    June 5, 2007 3:22 PM | Link to this

    He should have gotten at least 10 years. He and his cronies are all guilty as hell and have undermined what “democracy” we have left. Then again…a bullet would be cheaper and he deserves it.

    By PrisonGuard

    June 5, 2007 3:23 PM | Link to this

    Hey Steve….WAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

    By Awakening

    June 5, 2007 3:23 PM | Link to this

    Good Lord, Steve. How desperate are you? Go jerk it why don’t you. Your sexist desperation is really embarrassing.

    By Victor

    June 5, 2007 3:26 PM | Link to this

    Steve can’t defend his position with any intelligent replies so he just calls his competition stupid; makes a sexist comment and considers himself the winner as a result. Really quite sad if you think about it. Feel sorry for him.

    By Steve

    June 5, 2007 3:27 PM | Link to this

    Gee, Yellow Dog, I think you may have just outed yourself. Since only someone on the inside of the CIA would actually know for FACT the things you’ve just told us, then you must be….gasp…..a covert operative yourself!!!

    Of course, you could just be full of s**t like 99.9% of folks on the internet.

    But seriously folks, if anyone knows which Hooter’s Goldie works at, I am SOOOO there…..

    By JC

    June 5, 2007 3:28 PM | Link to this

    Steve, your boyfriend needs to slap you into the next millenium.

    By Observer

    June 5, 2007 3:30 PM | Link to this

    The posts on this topic are interesting and entertaining. Several from the left have suggested that Libby committed the crime of perjury - period. This is correct and he should be sentenced accordingly - period.

    Bill Clinton was guilty of perjury and suborning perjury and has not yet served a day in jail. His only punishment thus far has been disbarrment. So what? He was never going to practice law again anyway.

    Bottom line: Libby was wrong and should pay the price. But he should be sharing a cell with Clinton. The double standard is disgusting.

    Anyone who wants to argue the inequity of this situation suffers from the same intellectual dishonesty as Bill Clinton.

    By Leasa Norris

    June 5, 2007 3:33 PM | Link to this

    I am in complete agreement with Mr. Wooton, Mr. Libby should serve zero time. Someone should prosocute the special agent for wasting our tax payer dollars.

    By Tony T

    June 5, 2007 3:34 PM | Link to this

    People are really confused over this case. They don’t understand what it was all about. Most think he outed an agent and thereby committed a traitorous act. That’s not what it was all about. At most, Libby should get his hand slapped and nothing more.

    By UGAlaw

    June 5, 2007 3:36 PM | Link to this

    And anyone who thinks that Scooter should get a pass Observer, has no intellect, period.

    By Lauren

    June 5, 2007 3:38 PM | Link to this

    Observer, you have it half right. He was convicted of lying under oath AND obstruction of justice. Clinton- only perjury. Now, not every perjury conviction results in the same sentence, just like every DUI conviction or murder conviction does not result in the same sentence. Obviously a judge looked at the Clinton case and decided that lying about a BJ was worthy of disbarment. Libby’s perjury (AND OBSTRUCTION) were obviously viewed as more serious. Sorry you don’t like it, but there’s the facts.

    By Yellow Dog

    June 5, 2007 3:40 PM | Link to this

    Steve,

    If you’d take you head out of your crotch and do a little reading you might learn a few things.

    And while I’ll admit that I perhaps went too far in stating that it was a FACT, I will reassert that it is a fact. Notice the subtleties oh hamfisted one.

    And if memory serves I recall your dumb a* stating that Valerie Plame was never a CIA covert operative. which sounds much like a statement of fact as well. Now I brought a little intelligence and research to bear in my assertion, but what did you give us Steve.

    Dick jokes.

    By Observer

    June 5, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this

    Steve - If you find out which Hooters Goldie works at please post it. I’ll join you there.

    On second thought, posting her employment info here might constitute “outing” her and thus subject you to jail time. Be careful!

    By Rogers Park Rob

    June 5, 2007 3:45 PM | Link to this

    If perjury is a crime then why isn’t President Clinton in jail too?

    By Yellow Dog

    June 5, 2007 3:47 PM | Link to this

    Oh and one more thing before you shoot off another of your witty zingers.

    With a little light reading you may have found that an unclassified employment summary of VPW while at the CIA confirmed that at the time her name was leaked in 2003, and I am quoting from the CIA’s own report, in other words simpleton, this is what the CIA has to say about the covert nature of VPW, “Ms. Wilson was a covert CIA employee for who the CIA was taking affirmative measures to conceal her intelligence relationship to the United States.”

    It doesn’t take a spook to be informed a* pirate.

    By Hillary

    June 5, 2007 3:48 PM | Link to this

    We always have to go back to Clinton. It will never end….

    By Yellow Dog

    June 5, 2007 3:54 PM | Link to this

    Here you go Steve. Read the CIA words for yourself. Then try and peddle your half truth and lies.

    http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/070529UnclassifiedPlame_employement.pdf

    Dick Head

    By DebbieDoRight

    June 5, 2007 3:57 PM | Link to this

    OMG!!! It’s finally happened!!!! Wooten has gone senile……..

    By Observer

    June 5, 2007 3:57 PM | Link to this

    Hey Yellow Dog - As a matter of policy, the CIA NEVER confirms or denies the identity or employment status of a covert operative.

    Nevermind, if you found it on the internet, it must be true. I’ll bet you a mortgage payment that you didn’t find it on a website ending in “cia.gov”. On second thought, you probably don’t have a mortgage on your cardboard box.

    Why don’t you go do some REAL research and then cite your source when you find confirmation about Ms. Plame’s covert status. Good luck.

    By Ashley

    June 5, 2007 3:58 PM | Link to this

    Fox News ran a report on Democratic Rep. William Jefferson’s indictment while “accidently” showing a clip of Democratic Rep. John Conyers, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who is also an African-American lawmaker. The Fox News footage showed Conyers at a recent Alberto Gonzales hearing, walking by a Gonzales protestor holding up a pink sign that read, “Resign.” Apparently, all blacks look alike to Fox News producers.

    (Note to the Congressional Black Caucus Institute: Wouldn’t now be a good time to revisit that partnership with the unabashedly dishonest Fox News Channel?)

    By Steve

    June 5, 2007 4:00 PM | Link to this

    Dick jokes? I don’t get it. Or do you mean that I called you a dick? ‘Cause I didn’t. At least not yet.

    Now as to the assertions by Yellow Dog and JC that I practice the love that dare not speak its name, I have only one thing to say: That Fillipino house boy is a DAMN LIAR!!!

    Seriously, though, I had no idea so many Clayton County residents read the AJC. Truth be told, I had no idea so many Claytonians even knew how to read at all.

    Of course, now we all know Yellow Dog reads People magazine, as that appears to be the “top secret” source for his half-baked, dim-witted arguments.

    By jail cut and run leftist scum now

    June 5, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this

    FREE LIBBY NOW … not one second in jail - its just a leftist lynching engineered by the party of hate media. Libby had BUGGER ALL to do with the naming of the worthless pinko liar Plame. This is just sick and twisted Cheney hate.

    BUSH NEEDS TO PARDON LIBBY INSTANTLY!!!

    By Steve

    June 5, 2007 4:02 PM | Link to this

    Yellow Dog,

    Go back to the doghouse. Thats not an official doc from the CIA.

    Thats Mr. Dick Head

    By Yellow Dog

    June 5, 2007 4:04 PM | Link to this

    The report I referenced is an unclassifed employment summary by the CIA presented as an exhibit in the Libby Trial. My link is apparently bad but if you want to see for yourself you can find it.

    In explaining their decision to release this the CIA stated, “that the public interest in allowing the criminal prosecution to proceed outweighed the damage to national security that might reasonably be expected from the official disclosure of Ms. Wilson’s employment and cover status.”

    Sorry Steve and Observer, these are real facts, not someone’s opinion and therefore not open to scurrilous attacks such as calling my house a cardboard box.

    I think this fixes the link. Go see for yourself. http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/070529UnclassifiedPlame_employement.pdf

    By OB Won

    June 5, 2007 4:04 PM | Link to this

    Give it up, Yellow Dog. You are WAY out of your league.

    By jail cut and run leftist scum now

    June 5, 2007 4:05 PM | Link to this

    The Arkansas rapist and pardon selling perjuring white trash scum Klinton needs to serve at least 20 years for his laundry list of crimes.

    By zombieboy

    June 5, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this

    Allow me to use the same witty defensive remarks used by Democrats when one of their own is convicted:

  • He didn’t do nuthin’ wrong that all them others weren’t doin’ anyways……..

  • It’s a set up by Karl Rove……

  • Well….when Clinton lied, no one died……

  • Hey….what ‘bout dem weapons of mass distraction…??!!

  • George Bush doesn’t like black people…..

  • What about Katrina?? Whose fault that be??

  • I could go on and on, but I have to get ready to go pick up my baby mama at the club…..stay up and crunk.

    By Yellow Dog

    June 5, 2007 4:11 PM | Link to this

    Oh yeah I forgot. Facts have no place in political debate anymore. A person who simply relies thereon is WAY out of their league here.

    Damn, I wish I was as smart as you a* clowns. Silly me thought being well informed was enough.

    By Observer

    June 5, 2007 4:13 PM | Link to this

    Yellow Dog, your link still doesn’t work - hmmmmm.

    I’m jealous because apparently the voices are only talking to you.

    By Steve

    June 5, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

    Link’s still bad, Yellow Dog. But keep on trying, you brave little Clintonista. Remember, if you believe it, it’s not a lie (so sayeth George Costanza.)

    And BTW, with regards to your first “scurrilous” remark: If I could actually get my head into my own crotch, do you really think I’d be wasting my time arguing with a putz like you?

    Goodbye, everyone. I have to get back to work. This Marta bus doesn’t drive itself, you know.

    By Kelly

    June 5, 2007 4:19 PM | Link to this

    Evidence in this case overwhelmingly indicated Mr. Libby’s culpability,…” the U.S. District Judge said moments before he handed down Libby’s two-and-a-half year prison sentence.

    Unless Bush wants to hand deliver the next elections to the Democrats, Bush better not pardon Libby.

    In addition, if Fred Thompson wins the Republican nomination, he’s going to have his words, in which he self-righteously proclaimed Libby’s innocence, shoved back down his throat by the voters.

    By zombieboy

    June 5, 2007 4:23 PM | Link to this

    Mike, your comments above are truly hate filled.

    You should be charged with a hate crime.

    I fear for your family.

    Disturbing.

    By jail cut and run leftist scum now

    June 5, 2007 4:23 PM | Link to this

    mikey mouse

    you hateful racebaiting turd … GFY and for Christ’s sake try and actually learn to speak ebonics before you attempt to write it you sorry mofo!!

    By tom tancredo

    June 5, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this

    This is AMNESTY for people that lie in court and obstruct a criminal investigation!

    By Reposter

    June 5, 2007 4:30 PM | Link to this

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18924679/

    By getalife

    June 5, 2007 4:30 PM | Link to this

    Yes, it is tom.

    Criminal amnesty.

    By jail cut and run leftist scum now

    June 5, 2007 4:32 PM | Link to this

    Unless Bush wants to hand deliver the next elections to the demoNcrats … HA HA HA HA HA

    that was freaking hilarious Ms warped feminazi. The general peasantry could care less about Libby and what ever the outcome this will be long forgotten by 08, except by a few lonely sad inadequate leftist scumbags whose anal obsessive Bush hate will hopefully corrosively fester away at them for life!!

    By Shannon, M.Div.

    June 5, 2007 4:36 PM | Link to this

    I’m with the poster who hopes that Bush pardons Scooter. Part of me feels pity for an obvious patsy, but the deeper reason is that the Republicans would fall even further in public opinion should Bush issue the pardon. Nothing could be better for America than ensuring that someone can get into the White House in ‘09 and start undoing some of the damage to the Constitution and the image of America in the world.

    By JD, the other

    June 5, 2007 4:37 PM | Link to this

    What a waste of time.

    Libby was convicted and he should serve the time. Does that mean he was guilty? No.

    Are others walking free who committed worse crimes? Yes.

    No system is perfect and in Washington perception is more damning than the events.

    If the conviction motivates others to be forthright then at least something was accomplished.

    By MCG

    June 5, 2007 4:39 PM | Link to this

    Only 30 months for treason, Libby should have received 50 years minimum.

    By MCG

    June 5, 2007 4:40 PM | Link to this

    Only 30 months for treason, Libby should have received 50 years minimum.

    By poster

    June 5, 2007 4:40 PM | Link to this

    jail cut and run leftist scum now, we love Bush, we just hate the sinner.

    By Joe Wilson

    June 5, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this

    Bwhahahahahaha!

    Jim is getting crushed like Libby.

    By Yellow Dog

    June 5, 2007 4:49 PM | Link to this

    You’re right my link still doesn’t work. I’m no computer expert so I have no idea why but here’s an idea…why not look for the document yourself. It’s not hard to find.

    just type valerie plame wilson covert into google.

    Choose the 5th site from the top that says Plame was ‘covert’ agent at time of name leak - Politics - MSNBC.com

    Read the article and then click on the red link at the bottom that says: Read Plame employment report (pdf)

    Not that hard. Then you’ll be able to read a bone fide fact, not some talking heads talking points.

    And Steve, my point as to Dick Jokes is that they are the perfect brand of humor for a simpleton such as yourself: easy to tell and they get the 5th graders you hang around with to laugh really hard.

    Dick. (See I called you a Dick right there. And my 5th grader is laughing his a* off)

    By psssst....yellowdog

    June 5, 2007 4:57 PM | Link to this

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18924679/

    By Nola

    June 5, 2007 4:59 PM | Link to this

    I don’t know if Libby should go to jail, but it’s my prediction here that Bush will not issue a pardon until his last day in office if then.

    By deegee

    June 5, 2007 5:04 PM | Link to this

    What is the proper punishment for people that lie and obstruct justice in a criminal investigation? Should any consideration be given to the fact that the person is an aide to the President? Should that person not be held to a higher standard considering their educational background and their experience? Really, what should happen to him? Should he get his golden parachute and move on to the next position of power and influence?

    By Frank

    June 5, 2007 5:10 PM | Link to this

    GW Bush took the good reputation and pride of this nation and wiped his drunk poopshoot with it. I don’t want to hear from anymore of you kool-aid swillers who think he is great. The rest of the world and the rest of this country has deemed you irrelevant. Even your own party doesn’t like you. Take a hint already.

    By TedP

    June 5, 2007 5:12 PM | Link to this

    I do believe that he should do as much time as a person would for stealing classified documents from the national archives.

    By Blind Homer

    June 5, 2007 5:13 PM | Link to this

    JD the other - I think it’s pretty clear he lied in an attempt to obstruct justice, although not 100% certain, and the judge and jury agreed. Convicted does mean you are guilty, acquited would mean not guilty. Otherwise, you make good points. I originally mentioned Nixon and Reagan as examples of Republicans that broke the law and were never even charged, not as comparisons. It’s not in the national interest for Presidents, or Vice Presidents, to go to jail or even to court as defendants. It’s always the aides and advisors, if anyone, that takes the fall.

    By joep

    June 5, 2007 5:16 PM | Link to this

    Libby lied.

    That’s a fact.

    Libby was one of a few people involved. His lies obstucted the investigation of the outing of a NOC CIA agent AND her front company.

    An entire organization of Americans working to DEFEND OUR NATION were cut loose - possibly endangering their lives - likely costing intel relationships and intelligence itself

    All to defend the lies that took us to war.

    Period.

    And as usual the incompetent GOP and its ignorant, immoral apologists attempt to refute the truth.

    Either you guys (GOP) don’t comprehend the shamless act of treason that this is, or you are apologizing for it.

    Which is it?

    I’ll wait while you listen to Rush and Hannity for your fast food response.

    By Pope rednecks - Amerikkka's Al Qaeda I

    June 5, 2007 5:19 PM | Link to this

    Mr. Wooten, it is your patriotic duty to report the names and email addresses of your Woo-ten Klanners to the FBI, since like you, none of them have any respect for the intelligence laws of the United States.

    It is imperative that none of your moronic followers ever have access to national security documents, procedures, or covert operatives lists. These people are potential security leaks waiting to happen.

    By TedP

    June 5, 2007 5:21 PM | Link to this

    A shameless act of treason is stealing, and destroying classified documents from the national archives.

    By getalife

    June 5, 2007 5:25 PM | Link to this

    TedP,

    Yes, Rove’s emails, w and cheney’s visitor logs with Jeff Gannon and other shredded documents.

    By Pope rednecks - Amerikkka's Al Qaeda I

    June 5, 2007 5:27 PM | Link to this

    TedP, you histrionic redneck moron, it isn’t. Sorry.

    By jail cut and run leftist scum now

    June 5, 2007 5:27 PM | Link to this

    Pope rednecks - Amerikkka’s Al Qaeda

    oh dear - the VT based child molestor manically slithers out of yet another child abuse session … greetings depraved rednekkks NAMBLA

    Libby is innocent of any crime … but the vile yellowbellied criminal Sandy TurdBurglar - but one of the numerous Klinton cover up document thiefs and craven apologists should get 10 years!! The evil lying far left Wilson’s should be fed to Hamas in sunny Gaza or Hizbollocks in Lebanon!!

    By TedP

    June 5, 2007 5:35 PM | Link to this

    Sorry not a redneck, Nobody knows what was destroyed, if we did then the Clintons would be Libby’s roommates.

    By Pope rednecks - Amerikkka's Al Qaeda I

    June 5, 2007 5:37 PM | Link to this

    Did Sandy Berger’s actions in any way compromise existing national security operations?

    No.

    Sorry, tfttranny.

    You silly old poof. Dumber than a box of rocks and getting dumber every day.

    By NICK

    June 5, 2007 5:39 PM | Link to this

    WOW! Porsche Foxx is CONVICTED in a court of law of DUI and possession of marijuana. She then LIES to EVERYONE, saying that the allegations against her are false and now she is re-hired at V-103?

    Don Immus makes one joke and he is fired? WTF?

    When will the white man EVER get a break?

    This country is F**KED up…..

    By Pope rednecks - Amerikkka's Al Qaeda I

    June 5, 2007 5:43 PM | Link to this

    Tell you what TedP - you think like a redneck, ergo, you are one.

    Face it - whatever your ethnic background is, you’re a stupid witless inbred uneducated dipsh-it.

    By TedP

    June 5, 2007 5:46 PM | Link to this

    Why would you go into the national archives and stuff classified documents down your pants and in your socks then go and stash them some where and come back and get them later. The truth is we don’t know, the information on that paperwork could have endangered or killed many people. If you know what was destroyed please do tell. Only a loser would believe that there were recipes or friendly emails among friends.

    By jail cut and run leftist scum now

    June 5, 2007 5:48 PM | Link to this

    S. Turdburglar’s lies and shameful theft of national security docs covered up Christ knows what gross embarassment for the Arkansas rapist and its venal criminal crew!!! Why wont Burglar submit to a lie detector test it several years ago agreed to? Why wont it tell the world truthfully exactly what was on those stolen documents? Like most demoNcrats its a bare faced cowardly liar!!! BUrglar deserves a long prison term … for its contempt for classified documents, theft, years of lies and a cover up of Nixonian proportions

    leave them kids alone NAMBLA … WE ALL know why you moved up there after the GBI sensibly finally ran you out of GA at gunpoint … easy access to young innocent VT kids with a far left restorative legal system that despicably protects child rapists!!

    By NutnLeftButCommonSense

    June 5, 2007 5:53 PM | Link to this

    So much for common sense. A LIE IS A LIE. Jim, tell Scooter to watch out for the soap bar trick while he’s in prison….

    By Pope rednecks - Amerikkka's Al Qaeda I

    June 5, 2007 6:02 PM | Link to this

    To TedP, the silly emotional redneck, and tfttranny the histrionic perpetually menopausal English redneck poof The Pope Speaks:

    You rednecks are emotional creatures, but not very logical, We’re afraid.

    If Sandy Berger or anyone else destroys a document, no one gets to see it, ergo, no national security is compromised. It is exactly the opposite of revealing classified information, which is a treasonous action, compromising national security.

    Comprende, ladies?

    By Pope rednecks - Amerikkka's Al Qaeda I

    June 5, 2007 6:04 PM | Link to this

    To TedP, the silly emotional redneck, and tfttranny the histrionic perpetually menopausal English redneck poof The Pope Speaks:

    You rednecks are emotional creatures, but not very logical, We’re afraid.

    If Sandy Berger or anyone else destroys a document, no one gets to see it, ergo, no national security is compromised. It is exactly the opposite of revealing classified information, which is a treasonous action, compromising national security.

    Comprende, ladies?

    By @@

    June 5, 2007 6:10 PM | Link to this

    Oh, you sly dog Jim. This column brought the liberals scurrying like cockroaches. Evidence that they function best and are happily when their lights are off.

    Prediction…Bush will NOT pardon Libby. The saddest part about this obscenity of justice is that Scooter was tried and convicted in the media long before the first juror was ever polled.

    By jail cut and run leftist scum now

    June 5, 2007 7:08 PM | Link to this

    @ the paedophile child molestor … climb off your homo lover J M Karr NAMBLA and answer this unanswerable point!!!

    your pathetic weasel like leftist barefaced lies are freaking funny … what EXACTLY was S Burglar covering up and hiding … what was this pitiful Klinton slave hiding from us? How embarassing was the truth this thieving leftist scumbag denied the world? Clearly it must have been a whopping big scandal else he wouldn’t have completely ruined his already severely tainted rep doing such an obvious criminal act, abusing his position.

    By jbmlaw

    June 6, 2007 8:14 AM | Link to this

    Good morning all. I put in my two cents six months ago, citing the prosecutor for a bad faith prosecution, as the prosecutor knew the identity of the leaker before the first interview of Mr. Libby. The crooked prosecutor manufactured a case of “gotch” against his long-time adversary, Mr. Libby. If the truth mattered, Valerie Plame would have been prosecuted for the same charges, for misleading the Congressional investigators investigating who sent her husband to Niger.

    Otherwise Skeeter @ 2:04 stated the legal case pretty well. Mr. Libby’s “lies” did less to undermine the rule of law than did Mr. Clinton’s false testimony under oath in the civil case, and less than Ms. Clinton’s “I don’t remember” defense on the misuse of FBI files. The sole effect of the case, as I argued six months ago, will be to ensure than nobody with a brain will ever again speak with investigators. Thus, the case is truly a tragedy for a republic with any desire for a rule of law.

    By Pope rednecks - Amerikkka's Al Qaeda I

    June 6, 2007 8:15 AM | Link to this

    @@-hole, the saddest part of the Libby situation is all you morons that don’t recognize treason when it’s right in front of your eyes.

    tfttranny still doesn’t have her estrogen levels right…

    By Van

    June 6, 2007 8:44 AM | Link to this

    Since it is a crime now to have a faulty memory, I suggest that all politicians report to the nearest prison.

    Those we seem to elect appear to have a memory problem greater than Hillary’s, Billy boy’s, Libby’s or Berger.

    I also am curious why Armatiage was never charged with revealing Plame’s covert status to the press?

    By Van

    June 6, 2007 8:55 AM | Link to this

    deegee,

    Is 2 1/2 years not an excessive amount of time for not having a perfect memory?

    By deegee

    June 6, 2007 9:26 AM | Link to this

    This is the most cynical Woo-ten Klan blog yet. On Monday Wooten wants to pardon felons doing 10 years after being convicted of trafficking methamphetamine.

    “My band of right-wingers will give those who work to better themselves (firefighters) and those with the right attitude, like D’Alvia, an early release.”

    Today he wants to pardon presidential advisors that were tried and convicted of breaking the law. All the while, the neocons are railing against immigration reform because illegal immigrant bricklayers and yardmen aren’t showing sufficient respect for the law. This type of transparency is why necons are labeled racist and xenophobe. You don’t care about the rule of law when it comes down on white male offenders but you will bust an artery screaming about amnesty for Latinos that mow your golf courses and clean your toilets. At least Goofey Toofey has the honesty to say what she thinks about Mexicans. The rest of you neocons are pathetic liars.

    By catlady

    June 6, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this

    PFFTT! Lying to authorities is treason if it involves national affairs. Period. Unfortunately we don’t have a jail big enough (or posh enough for their tastes) for all the liars on the national level we have suffered the last 7 years. Not to mention those commmitting the thefts from the citizens of this country, nor the perversion. I am sick of it and them.

    And the Dems better get their act together, too!

    By catlady

    June 6, 2007 10:35 AM | Link to this

    PFFTT! Lying to authorities is treason if it involves national affairs. Period. Unfortunately we don’t have a jail big enough (or posh enough for their tastes) for all the liars on the national level we have suffered the last 7 years. Not to mention those commmitting the thefts from the citizens of this country, nor the perversion. I am sick of it and them.

    And the Dems better get their act together, too! I am very, very disappointed in a good bit of their (non) leadership. As the GOP has learned, they cannot ride on Bill Clinton’s (adulterous) coattails, the Dems cannot count on the horror of Bush’s “leadership” forever to bring them votes.

    By jiffygeo

    June 6, 2007 11:52 AM | Link to this

    When Sandy Berger steals from the archives, he gives up his law license (so what) with never a slap on the wrist. (Of course, that’s in the former administration!) But let one of GWB pals step on a crack and the whole rouque gallery comes out to hang him. What a bunch of pathetic hypocrites!

    By JoeP

    June 6, 2007 2:42 PM | Link to this

    Wingnuts still refuse to see the truth here even when the head of the CIA confirmed her status and the terrible consquences of the White House’s political antics are quite obvious and sever

    So the next wingnut talking point is to bring someone else to distract from this national security abuse that demonstrates how incompetent and criminal this White House is.

    Period.

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