Scooter Libby couldn't remember which reporter he didn't tell about Joe Wilson's wife. May go to jail for 20 years. No real crime was ever committed involving the CIA, or leaking anything. Impossible to believe. The jury went in with blinding Bush hatred which allowed them to ignore the lack of criminal intent on the part of Libby. They "got" Bush through Scooter and to heck with justice!
Sandy Berger admits stealing top secret intelligence documents and destroying them. An actual crime was committed. A small fine and he'll get his top security clearance back soon. No jail time for him. That's justice DC left-wing, democrat style. If you want a jury of your peers in DC you better be a very left-wing, liberal, Democrat.
Sometimes it's very hard to live in this country.
What should happen now? Since there is almost a zero chance that there will be any justice done by the appeals courts, (Are you kidding? This is Washington D.C.) all appeals should be dropped.
President Bush should immediately pardon Libby. The underlying principle here is clear: Even if Libby didn't accurately recall the sequence of events surrounding who he told, or who told him where Joe Wilson's wife worked, so what? The telling of that information was not a crime. So he misremembered to protect nobody who committed a crime. This is very evident. The prosecutor knew right from the beginning that no crime had been committed in the leaking of Plame's name, and that Libby, Rove, and the vice president didn't do it anyway. Why did he continue the investigation once he new no crime had been committed? Where is the venality on the part of Libby here? Nobody got hurt in this case except Libby, and he didn't deserve it. Perjury laws are in place to prevent people from obstructing the prosecution of those who have committed a crime. In this case, there was no crime committed!
The only way this political meanness and chicanery can now be brought to a close is for Bush to pardon Libby and put an end to the madness. Justice demands it. This person has done nothing to merit the prosecution he has already endured. Pardon Libby now!
