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The Spectacle Blog
Scooter Libby hasn’t talked on the record about his court case until now. Here, he goes on the record. My column in the Washington Times absolutely insists that Libby was innocent of perjury. Do read the column, please. The movie “Fair Game” takes absurd shots at Libby, utterly unfair. My column is not the only one that answers it. Also see here, here, and here.
My column is actually part one of a two-part column. The second part will, barring some unforeseen circumstance, run at the Spectator main page on Friday.
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Nite| 11.17.10 @ 9:34PM
Mr. Libby did NOT get a fair deal. Valerie Plame was NOT outed by Mr. Libby. She was outed over 5 years earlier when she and other spies were outed by I believe a Russian double agent. She was no longer able to work undercover. She worked openly at Langley, and it was an open secret among the liberal media. It was a matter of using Mr. Libby as a weapon against President Bush. Valerie Plame and her husband know very well about her status and that she had not been an undercover agent for many years. Well, I guess this movie will give them their few minutes of fame.
Alan Brooks| 11.18.10 @ 1:18PM
For once we agree- Bush treated Scooter (what an infantile nickname) as you-know-what.
One more reason Bush will be liked but never respected.
Eric Cartman| 11.18.10 @ 1:27AM
Wonder where Rove is on this. Wonder if he has anything to say about how the Scooter was treated . Or, better yet, GW. Where is he? In all the interviews I've seen he has said bupkus. If Rove and Bush stopped this nonsense and told the Lefty Aholes where to go, we probably wouldn't have Obumbler as CinC. Good going George. Way to go, Rove. Way to stick up for your troops.
Alan Brooks| 11.18.10 @ 1:20PM
Scooter rolled over for the administration, and THIS is his reward?
Bush is a crypto-reptile undeserving of the badge 'Christian'.
Michael L. Hauschild| 11.18.10 @ 8:12AM
Scooter Libby does not need to be defended, he did nothing wrong. He was unjustly persecuted by a partisan media and prosecutor, he was abandoned by the Executive branch he so justly and patriotically served, and he gave his all serving his country. The first thing Palin needs to do when she assumes office in 2012 is offer him a full pardon and apology. The “legacy” of Bush’s cowardice in not defending this man should never be forgiven.
MOS was 71331| 11.18.10 @ 10:08AM
I agree completely. Bush should have pardoned Libby immediately and simply stated that the trial had been a farce, complete with a juror who had lied about being open to the facts of the case and a judge who criticized Libby for exercising his absolute right not to testify in his own defense.
I liked many things about President Bush, but his abandonment of Libby was unforgivable.
kingsmill| 11.18.10 @ 12:58PM
The hapless GWB defended his decision re: Libby on one of his Fox interviews.
He regretted that it almost destroyed his relationship with Cheney but he insists he did the right thing. The man still believes that a deferential posture towards the Left is an honorable way for a "leader" to conduct himself.
Reagan was so right when he tagged Bushism as only suitable for "a preppie, a Yalie, a sissy".
Margie| 11.18.10 @ 1:14PM
In the interview I saw, GW said he chose to commute his sentence rather than to pardon. He said he chose to let the jury's verdict stand.
Daniel| 11.18.10 @ 4:26PM
Fitzgerald knew from the start that the leak that led to the publication came from the State Department and not from Libby. Why did he pursue Libby? Why did he not share this knowledge with the public?
VN Vet| 11.18.10 @ 8:57PM
Daniel, because Fitzgerald is a Chicago democrap and he was on a witchhunt. Mr Libby was simply a vehicle to try to take down the Bush Administration. He knew from the beginning that Plame no longer qualified for protection under the auspices of the 'secret agent's protection act' and that in any event it was Richard Armitage at the State Department who "outed" her.
Charie| 11.20.10 @ 11:55AM
As near as I can figure out, Plame/Wilson both lied through their teeth about practically everything. Wilson seemed to think he should have been in on everything with V.P. Cheney because he brought the report back about yellowcake uranium. He was angry because he gave his report and wasn't invited in any further. There's the old saying "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," but I doubt it can beat "a man scorned..."
The fact that the only thing to come out of that whole investigation was to find a man guilty of perjury in something that had nothing to do with the case in question, The Outing of Valerie Plame, should tell us something about what was going on in the handling of this case.
Any Republican president who goes into office should get rid of as many Democrat operatives in government was possible because they'll strike like snakes. GWB was simply too squishy to do what had to be done. It's also another reason to fight against liberal judges being appointed, unlike that dingbat, Lindsay Graham, who complimented one of the most liberal judges to be apointed to the SCOTUS.