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Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former chief of staff to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney after he was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation. Libby is headed back to court Thursday, June 14, 2007, to try to forestall his 2½-year prison term in the CIA leak case.

Judge Won’t Delay Libby Prison Term

A federal judge said Thursday he will not delay a 2 1/2-year prison sentence for I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, a ruling that could send the former White House aide to prison within weeks.

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton’s decision will send Libby’s attorneys rushing to an appeals court to block the sentence and could force President Bush to consider calls from Libby’s supporters to pardon the former aide.

No date was set for Libby to report to prison but it’s expected to be within six to eight weeks. That will be left up to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, which will also select a facility.

Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted in March of lying to investigators and obstructing Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s inquiry into the 2003 leak of a CIA operative’s identity.

Will President Bush pardon Libby?

If the President doesn’t, W will be “ABSOLUTELY DONE” with the GOP base.

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AP: Libby Sentenced to 2 1/2 Years in Prison

Former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation.

Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, stood calmly before a packed courtroom as a federal judge said the evidence overwhelmingly proved his guilt and left the courthouse without commenting.

“People who occupy these types of positions, where they have the welfare and security of nation in their hands, have a special obligation to not do anything that might create a problem,” U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said.

Walton did not set a date for Libby to report to prison. Though he saw no reason to let Libby remain free pending appeal, Walton said he would accept written arguments on the issue and rule later.

How quickly can you spell PARDON?

If Judge Walton does not allow Libby to stay out of jail pending appeal then the President will be faced with either pardoning Libby or letting him go to jail. However, written arguments are do next week to allow him out on bail pending an appeal and there will be an appeal of Judge Walton’s ruling should he not permit bail while Libby’s appeal is being pursued.

Will Scooter Libby ever go to jail?

Doubtful.

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Michael Ramirez on Valerie Plame’s Congressional Appearance

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CIA Leak Case Watch: Is it About Something Bigger?

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CIA Leak Case Watch: Valerie Plame Wilson Sheds Little Light in Congressional Appearance

Another CIA disinformation campaign?

Representative Henry Waxman REALLY does look like an OINKER, doesn’t he?

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The Michael Ramirez Files

AP: Plame Sheds Little Light in Leak Case

Valerie Plame put a glamorous face and a personal story to Democrats’ criticism of the Bush administration Friday, telling a House committee that White House and State Department officials “carelessly and recklessly” blew her CIA cover in a politically motivated smear of her husband.

Plame, the operative at the center of the leak scandal that resulted in last week’s criminal conviction of a former top White House official, created more of a stir by her presence on Capitol Hill than by her testimony.

Hell, Waxman wants to IMPEACH Bush (note the Code Pinko behind Plame) and Plame wants to sell books.

Political theater?

NOPE

Political disgrace.

The President MUST pardon Scooter Libby.

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Patrick Fitzgerald Turns a Big Screwdriver

It takes a dedicated prosecutor to find the target of his investigation, Richard Armitage (the man who exposed Valerie Plame), discover no crime was committed because Valerie Plame was not a covert CIA agent — and then keep investigating.

Lewis Libby was somehow able to perjure himself for a non-crime he didn’t commit. It’s like an Encyclopedia Brown mystery penned by Kafka.

Indeed…..

Former CIA operative Valerie Plame and her husband Joseph Wilson leave a news conference in Washington, July 14, 2006.

Mark Steyn: Perverse Libby trial was revealing

In his closing remarks, Patrick Fitzgerald invited the jury to view a narrow perjury case as something epic: ”What is this case about?” the special counsel mused. ”Is it about something bigger?” Fortunately, he was musing rhetorically, and he had the answer on hand: ”There is a cloud over the vice president. . . . There is a cloud over the White House.”

Indeed. And what exactly is the cloud? Is it that the name of a covert agent was intentionally leaked in breach of the relevant law on non-disclosure?

No. On the alleged violation of Valerie Plame’s identity, Fitzgerald was unable to produce not only a perpetrator but any crime.

Is the cloud then a more general murk? A politically motivated attempt to damage the white knight Joe Wilson as he sallied forth against the Bush dragon?

No. The man who leaked Valerie Plame’s name was Richard Armitage, Colin Powell’s deputy at the State Department and a man who dislikes Rove, Cheney and all their neocon warmongering works. The journalist he leaked it to — Bob Novak — was also opposed to the Iraq war. Neither Armitage nor Novak had any animus against Joe Wilson. On the contrary, they broadly share Wilson’s skepticism on the threat posed by Saddam. There was no conspiracy, just Armitage gossiping like the gravelly voiced schoolgirl he’s been for years.

So, the answer is YES. It is about something bigger.

It is about POLITICS and not an area where a special prosecutor has purview.

President Bush should and WILL PARDON Scooter Libby.

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Michael Ramirez on Scooter Libby and Patrick Fitzgerald

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CIA Leak Case Watch: Libby Found Guilty in 4 of 5 Counts

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