Scooter Libby Found Guilty

[toasty]

Re: Scooter Libby Found Guilty

As you might suspect, I actually derive enormous pleasure from this. I do tend to agree with some of the sentiments of the jurors, though:

At some point, the jury began to feel like they were deliberating on charges for the wrong man.

"What are we doing with this guy? Where's Rove? Where are these other bad guys," he said. "It seemed like Libby was the fall guy."

He added, "Some jurors commented 'this sucks' for Libby."

Yeah, so they got him for perjury and obstruction and not for outing a CIA agent for political purposes. I view this as the legal equivalent of a "make-up call," though -- yeah, the refs missed the call on that last play, but we're going to get you on this ticky-tack little foul instead.

Personally, though, I'd like to see Libby cut a deal that would give Fitzgerald ammo to go after the real villains...

[thesightless]

Re: Scooter Libby Found Guilty

word. the anti bush people made this stupid petty trial sound like libby was covertly killing muslims in GW's secret effot to religously cleanse this planet of non christians.....................

it was a few fuckups that lead to nothing happening outside of giving BS fodder to the non GOP. please, someone get this country back to reality. lots of bad shit happening, some out fault, a lot of it isnt. either let the world descend into chaos or someone better step up and get the whole place ont he same page, and use force if needed (read:sudan and iraq)

[runningman]

Re: Scooter Libby Found Guilty

ya between that and the Anna Nicole death people don't have a fucking clue of what is going on in the world today..

[thesightless]

Re: Scooter Libby Found Guilty

thank god. at least i dont have to hear about this like it is the fucking end of the world. what a waste of my time readining all about it early on. who cares? at least it is over.

[Kobe]

The smoking gun of the smoking gun.
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Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been found guilty on four of five counts in his perjury and obstruction of justice trial.
Libby was convicted of:

• obstruction of justice when he intentionally deceived a grand jury investigating the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame;
• making a false statement by intentionally lying to FBI agents about a conversation with NBC newsman Tim Russert;
• perjury when he lied in court about his conversation with Russert;

a second count of perjury when he lied in court about conversations with other reporters.
Jurors cleared him of a second count of making a false statement relating to a conversation he had with Matt Cooper of Time magazine.
Libby, 56, faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and a fine of $1 million. A hearing on a presentencing report is scheduled for June 5.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/06/cia.leak/index.html

Typical washington, it's not the crime that gets you in trouble, but the cover up.