Regarding Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence:
A. there was no underlying crime, because 1. There has been no hard evidence that Valerie Plame was even a covert employee at the time,and 2. She was "outed" by Richard Armitage, not Dick Cheney, as insistedby Democrats, and not even by Scooter Libby, as later insisted byDemocrats when it became clear that their insistence that Dick Cheney had done it did not "make it so."
B. Patrick Fitzgerald's (incidentally, that name is the punchline of an offensive Irish joke) investigation of the entire White House and prosecution of Libby was a politically motivated "fishing expedition" that was destined to continue until they could fry the biggest fish possible. Again, the priority was to bring down Cheney, but no cigar(I promise, no gratuitous Clinton references).
C. Libby had been ordered to report to prison immediately, without consideration for the fact that the conviction is under appeal. I think that is manifestly unfair, and if I were in that position would have welcomed my boss's boss intervening. It seems to me that it is the rule rather than the exception for non-violent convicted felons to remain free on bail pending appeal.
Monday, July 9, 2007
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