[jimmydean]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted Tuesday of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI in an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity.

Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was accused of lying and obstructing the investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity to reporters.

He was acquitted of one count of lying to the FBI.

 

[N8 v2.0]

would be funny if bush pardoned libby when he leaves office a'al clinton

 

[narlus]

would be funny if bush pardoned libby when he leaves office a la ford

close

 

[narlus]

btw, where'd the genesis of presidential pardons come from? seems like it totally perverts the whole idea of a justice system. i say get rid of it.

 

[Silver]

Not really a surprise. His lawyer told the jury that he did it in the first week, and then blamed it on Cheney and Rove...

Which is why a pardon is unlikely.

 

[$tinkle]

btw, where'd the genesis of presidential pardons come from? seems like it totally perverts the whole idea of a justice system. i say get rid of it.

the extra-judicial action comes from the concept of grace, i believe.

oh, n8's point was a marc rich link (and a host of others at literally the eleventh hour); how could you not see that one coming around the bend?

 

[narlus]

concept of grace? where's that written in the constitution?

i agree that marc rich was a bogus pardon, but like all things political, it's not just the democrats w/ the dirty hands. i say get rid of the pardon altogether. it's about the closest vestige we have related to the concept of a king.

 

[$tinkle]

concept of grace? where's that written in the constitution?

article II, section 2.
insert 'forgiveness', if that helps you.

i wonder, since accepting a pardon comes with it implicit acknowledgment of guilt, if you were wrongfully convicted & all appeals were exhausted, would you rather live free as a liar, or remain incarcerated w/ your integrity intact? assume a hyena-ous crime w/ a long sentence for this example.

 

[Westy]

Just prevent pardons in the last year of a term. Allow them to supply pardons upon merit and not abuse of power.

 

[$tinkle]

said the man w/ no power to abuse...

 

[Westy]

I have the power to touch myself and I abuse the hell out of it. Damn I'm sexy.