posted on March 6, 2007 10:53:41 AM new
Libby found guilty
Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been found guilty on four of five counts in his perjury and obstruction of justice trial. CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said, "He is virtually certain to go to prison if this conviction is upheld."
posted on March 6, 2007 12:39:36 PM newSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) calls on President Bush to pledge not to pardon Libby:
"I welcome the jury’s verdict. It’s about time someone in the Bush Administration has been held accountable for the campaign to manipulate intelligence and discredit war critics. Lewis Libby has been convicted of perjury, but his trial revealed deeper truths about Vice President Cheney’s role in this sordid affair. Now President Bush must pledge not to pardon Libby for his criminal conduct."
Bear, Clinton lied about consensual sex between adults. Libby lied about a treasonous outing of a CIA agent.
posted on March 6, 2007 02:41:42 PM new
Without question Libby being found guilty proves without doubt there was a White House conspiracy.
A conspiracy to discredit Joe Wilson or anyone else who spoke out against this governments lies so BUSHY could start THE BUSH IRAQ WAR.
You all remember guys like Richard Clark,Paul O'Neil and others that Bush and his gang tried to ruin for specking out against THE BUSH GANG LIES.
Remember when BUSHY said if they found out who broke the law in his administration that person would be dealt with severely.
Remember when most republican lawmakers blindly defended BUSHY's LIES?
Remember when Colin Powell sat in front of the U.N. and LIED about Nuclear Material and W.M.D.
Just remember to "OUT" as in KICK OUT the republican lawmakers that so strongly defended BUSHY's LIES to start THE BUSH IRAQ WAR when your voting in 2008.
posted on March 6, 2007 04:53:35 PM new
It is a shame Libby wasn't able to bring down Cheney and Rove.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on March 6, 2007 07:11:00 PM new
Kraft,
Even if this investigation does not go any farther it sure showed people how crooked this White House has been.
I heard a saying today. "from the white house to the big house" I forgot who said it.
posted on March 6, 2007 10:20:17 PM newhow crooked this White House has been.
Peepa, only the truly blind could think differently. You've been right all along and it's a hard pill to swallow for the righties. You want to laugh at them but their stupidity in electing this blockhead has lead to the US being in the worse state it's ever been in which affects us all.
posted on March 7, 2007 08:11:25 AM new
Here's what some said when this was posted in October of 2005
It's official- Scooter Indicted
profe51 posted on October 28, 2005 08:54:28 PM
Only the tip of the iceberg. This is going to reveal lots about the machinations that went on in creating the big lie that led to this war. Libby is expendable and the bushies are hoping he'll be the end of the line scapegoat, but it isn't gonna be so. This has been Bush's worst week so far, but I'm betting there are worse ones in the works.
posted on March 7, 2007 12:26:42 PM new
So when do you think the SHRUB will pardon Libby? Do you think he will pull a Clinton and pardon Libby as he takes his final steps out of the White House in January 2009?
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on March 7, 2007 01:34:59 PM new
Oh shucks, Classic, I forgot to include you in the group. I suppose that you are not currently on my hit list. So run along and be happy.
posted on March 8, 2007 09:35:22 AM new
'Scooter' Libby going after a new trial
By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN
Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, left, and his wife Harriet Grant, leave federal court in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2007, after the jury reached its verdict in his perjury trial. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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WASHINGTON -- Attorneys for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby began crafting a request for a new trial Wednesday as the Bush White House tried to knock down speculation about a pardon for the convicted former aide.
Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was found guilty of perjury and obstruction in the investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. He is the highest-ranking White House official convicted in a government scandal since the Iran-Contra affair two decades ago.
His conviction immediately fueled speculation that Libby, who also served as an aide to President Bush, would be pardoned and spared prison. Top Democrats have called on Bush to pledge not to pardon him.
At the White House, Bush was guarded in his comments.
"This was a lengthy trial on a serious matter, and a jury of his peers convicted him. And we've got to respect that conviction," the president said in an interview with CNN En Espanol. "On a personal note, I was sad. I was sad for a man who had worked in my administration, and particularly sad for his family." He said he could not comment further because it was an ongoing legal matter.
Press secretary Tony Snow gave the same reason for brushing off pardon questions.
"All of this conversation, speculation about a pardon, I know, makes for interesting speculation, but it's just that," Snow said. "Right now, Scooter Libby and his attorneys have made clear that they're going to try to get a retrial and if they don't get that, they're going to get an appeal."
Snow said Bush is not necessarily stingy, but "careful" about giving out pardons. "These are not things to be treated blithely," Snow said, stressing that Bush takes the pardon process very seriously. "He wants to make sure that anybody who receives one - that it's warranted, but I would caution against any speculation in this case," Snow said.
In 1992, as Bush's father, former President George H.W. Bush, was preparing to leave office, he granted pardons to former Reagan administration officials caught up in the scandal that grew out of arms sales to Iran and the diversion of proceeds to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
One juror in the Libby case, Ann Redington, said she supported the idea of a pardon for Libby.
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"It kind of bothers me that there was this whole big crime being investigated and he got caught up in the investigation as opposed to in
the actual crime that was supposedly committed,"
Redington said in an interview on the MSNBC program "Hardball."
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Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, who spent more than three years on the CIA leak case, said his investigation was complete. Though he said in court there was a "cloud" over the vice president, nobody was charged with the leak itself and Fitzgerald said no new charges were expected.
The trial revealed that Cheney was eager to discredit Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who emerged in mid-2003 as an outspoken critic of the administration's war policy. Snow said Cheney's stature within the administration had not changed or waned as a result of the verdict.
Attorney William Jeffress, meanwhile, said Libby's defense team has begun reviewing the monthlong trial and preparing the request for a new one. It's a common request among defense attorneys and one that's not often granted. U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton had made several rulings in the case over the objection of defense attorneys.
For instance, Fitzgerald was allowed to show jurors newspaper articles that defense lawyers considered inaccurate and inflammatory. Defense attorneys were not permitted to question NBC reporters Tim Russert or Andrea Mitchell about televised statements they made outside of court. And Walton curtailed the use of classified information after Libby decided not to testify.
The request for a new trial is the first move in Libby's uncertain future. When he is sentenced June 5, he faces a potential term of 25 years in prison, but federal sentencing guidelines will likely result in a sentence that is just a small fraction of that. His lawyers have said they'll ask that Libby remain free while the legal challenges continue.
Though the criminal case is over, Wilson and Plame have a civil lawsuit pending against Libby, Cheney, former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and others. Wilson praised the Libby verdict.
"Convicting him of perjury was like convicting Al Capone of tax evasion or Alger Hiss of perjury," Wilson said. "It doesn't mean they were not guilty of other crimes."
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Associated Press Writer Natasha T. Metzler contributed to this report.
posted on March 10, 2007 01:57:46 PM new
Soon we'll see WHY Libby lied...even if the question scares the bejeebers out of the treason supporting neocons
Are YOU a Bunghole?