Bush Commutes Libby Prison Sentence
The Associated Press

Monday 02 July 2007

Bush spares Libby from prison term.

Washington - President Bush commuted the sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Monday, sparing him from a 2 1/2-year prison term in the CIA leak case.

Bush left intact a $250,000 fine and two years probation for Libby, according to a senior White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced.

Bush's move came hours after a federal appeals panel ruled Libby could not delay his prison term in the CIA leak case. That decision put the pressure on the president, who had been sidestepping calls by Libby's allies to pardon the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney.

Libby was convicted, (on four felony counts), in March 2007 of lying to authorities and obstructing the investigation into the 2003 leak of a CIA operative's identity. He was the highest-ranking White House official ordered to prison since the Iran-Contra affair.

Note: Wasn't the BIG DEAL about former President Clinton that "he lied under oath" when asked about his consensual sexual exploits with Monica Lewinsky? How does that compare with what Mr. Libby was tried, and found guilty of? Clinton was impeached, and Libby gets a pardon? Gag me with a f*&^%$ spoon !! If you don't see the hypocrisy of the Bush Administration and the Republican agenda in general here, then please ...stop reading this blog, and go elsewhere...now!

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