Libby Sentenced to 30 Months in Jail

[FriendlyFire]

Yeah, its all a big conspriacy......Libby was covering for everyone....

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WASHINGTON -- On grand jury audiotapes played at his trial yesterday, former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr. said he learned about a CIA officer from Vice President Dick Cheney, forgot it, then learned it again from NBC News reporter Tim Russert a month later

Libby's eight hours of grand jury testimony in 2004 conflicts with testimony at his trial by a former White House press secretary, a former New York Times reporter, a recent vice presidential spokeswoman, a former CIA official, and a former State Department undersecretary.

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"Did you know that Ambassador Wilson's wife worked at the CIA?" Libby recalled Russert asking.

"No, I don't know that,"' Libby said he replied.

"Yes, all the reporters know it,"' Russert responded, according to Libby's testimony.(including a certain Novack whom imo should go to jail for a long long time)

"You have a special recollection of remembering that you had forgotten that you knew Ambassador Wilson's wife worked at the CIA?" Fitzgerald asked.

 

[amadeus]

A black mark on the American justice system

 

[.Shane.]

No. No one is going to jail for that because there wasnt sufficient evidence to convict anyone on it.

God, this is a riot. There was no evidence because Libby stonewalled. I love the obfuscation some of you play with this.

A black mark on the American justice system

Yeah, right. Unless, of course, Libby was an advisor to, say, Hillary, then I'm sure you'd of initiated the thread and how it was a triumph of the "rule of law".

 

[amadeus]

Yeah, right. Unless, of course, Libby was an advisor to, say, Hillary, then I'm sure you'd of initiated the thread and how it was a triumph of the "rule of law".

Blah blah blah. Never change your tune.

 

[MobBoss]

God, this is a riot. There was no evidence because Libby stonewalled. I love the obfuscation some of you play with this.

Oh..so Libby was the key? The only one that knew everything, but took one for the team? Somehow I dont think so. I think he was a guy who couldnt remember wth he said with people after a month or so. Most simple explanations are usually the most correct, and I just dont buy some elaborate scheme in which Libby plays the part of 'Administration Protector'.

Yeah, right. Unless, of course, Libby was an advisor to, say, Hillary, then I'm sure you'd of initiated the thread and how it was a triumph of the "rule of law".

Nope. The entire investigation was a big no nothing anyway, put up entirely for politics sake. I mean really, who cares about Valerie Plame? Come on. If Libby was the crux of their entire case and it would fail without him, then perhaps they should have re-thought taking to to trial in the first place.

 

[JollyRoger]

A black mark on the American justice system

Agreed. 30 months in a country club for 4 criminal acts is a laughably soft sentence.

 

[Rhymes]

I thought Libby got shot by Michael..?

 

[bathsheba666]

I mean really, who cares about Valerie Plame? Come on.

Breathtaking.

 

[.Shane.]

Oh..so Libby was the key? The only one that knew everything, but took one for the team? Somehow I dont think so. I think he was a guy who couldnt remember wth he said with people after a month or so. Most simple explanations are usually the most correct, and I just dont buy some elaborate scheme in which Libby plays the part of 'Administration Protector'.

Since its just one guy, it is a simple explanation. I doubt Cheney would've told 8 people to leak her name. Just one. And that one did his job, took the bullet, and after <30 months in a federal country club prison, he'll likely be pardoned and then well taken care-of by those he shielded.

Nope. The entire investigation was a big no nothing anyway, put up entirely for politics sake. I mean really, who cares about Valerie Plame? Come on. If Libby was the crux of their entire case and it would fail without him, then perhaps they should have re-thought taking to to trial in the first place.

I could easily say the same thing about almost everything they tried to get Clinton for (Whitewater? A land deal from ~1980 that they got killed on? WHO CARES? Oh, wait, I bet MobBoss cares! ).

Essentially, in tracing the leak, it came down to Libby and, rather than rat out Cheney, he perjured himself. For someone who is interested in simple explanations, it doesn't get much simpler than this.

Re: Plame, as you know, given the context of when the name was leaked, its about much more than Plame. It was about the administration stifling dissent when they were gaming the intelligence for the war run up.

 

[amadeus]

Agreed. 30 months in a country club for 4 criminal acts is a laughably soft sentence.

For which crime? Failing to remember something that Patrick Fitzgerald already knew?

Fitzgerald, Wilson, and Plame are the ones that should be serving sentences -- not Libby.

 

[.Shane.]

Fitzgerald, Wilson, and Plame are the ones that should be serving sentences -- not Libby.

ROFL, I bet you'd lock up Jolly Roger if you could.

Our differences aside, I love that link in your sig. Is that enough to keep me out of the gulag?

 

[JollyRoger]

For which crime? Failing to remember something that Patrick Fitzgerald already knew?

Perjury and Obstruction of Justice. Quit being soft on crime. Libby lied repeatedly during a Federal investigation and now he paying a relativelly low price for it.

Fitzgerald, Wilson, and Plame are the ones that should be serving sentences -- not Libby.

For which crime?[/cut and paste]

 

[LucyDuke]

For which crime? Failing to remember something that Patrick Fitzgerald already knew?

Fitzgerald, Wilson, and Plame are the ones that should be serving sentences -- not Libby.

Woah, what? Am I missing a joke here? What did Plame do?

 

[.Shane.]

Woah, what? Am I missing a joke here? What did Plame do?

She did not drink the Kool Aid was married to someone who countered the gaming of intelligence by our Burrito Supreme Leader in the run-up to the war.

PS Did I mention that the strike feature is my favorite?

 

[JollyRoger]

Woah, what? Am I missing a joke here? What did Plame do?

Married that rascally Joe Wilson.

 

[amadeus]

Woah, what? Am I missing a joke here? What did Plame do?

Recommending her husband to go to Niger, a job he was seriously unqualified for.

 

[amadeus]

For which crime?[/cut and paste]

Just a little rhetoric. I don't think they should be in prison, or club fed, but they should certainly not be the media darlings that they've become, much less profit off of their rather immoral activities.

 

[.Shane.]

Just a little rhetoric. I don't think they should be in prison, or club fed, but they should certainly not be the media darlings that they've become, much less profit off of their rather immoral activities.

They were only in the spotlight (you can rest easy, their 15 minutes are about up) because of what Bush/Cheney did. So, its hard to fault them for that.

I'm sure this will be amusing, but I'll ask.... what are these "immoral activities"? Could it be more immoral (or treasonous?) than outing an undercover operative?

 

[JollyRoger]

Recommending her husband to go to Niger, a job he was seriously unqualified for.

Why was he disqualified? Because he didn't drink enough kool-aid? The man had vast international experience. And it's not as if Plame made the ultimate decision for him to go.

 

[Murky]

It is doubtful if Libby will actually have serve his full sentence. If it isn't overturned on appeal he will probably get a pardon. The person who should go to jail for the leak is Dick Cheney but that will never happen either.