Scooter Libby Sentenced To Prison
Posted by Stephanie Taylor on June 5, 2007 at 10:08 AM
On June 5, Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby will be sentenced. Libby was convicted in March of lying and obstructing a leak investigation. He is the highest-ranking White House official to be convicted of a felony since the Iran-Contra scandal of the mid-1980s.
The verdict was the result of a four-year investigation into how Bush administration officials revealed covert CIA operative Valerie Plame’s identity to reporters in 2003. Plame’s husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, accused the Bush administration of faking intelligence on Iraq before the war.
During the Libby trial, it became clear that the Bush administration wanted to discredit Wilson--and chose to do so by exposing his wife and compromising American security operations abroad.
Libby will be sentenced by Judge Reggie Walton. He could face up to 25 years in prison. Firedoglake is following the story live.
UPDATE: Scooter Libby was sentenced to thirty months in prison and a $250,000 fine. The question now is whether or not Bush will pardon him before he serves his time.
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30 months, with 15 months concurrent on other counts. Supervised release for 2 years following release from prison. He must provide sample of DNA, and he will be required to contribute 400 hours of community service.
Posted by Corinne on June 5, 2007 at 12:59 PM
Yeah, right!
So when's Bush going to pardon him?
Posted by Butte on June 5, 2007 at 02:29 PM
Cheney issued a statement saying he was "deeply saddened by this tragedy."
"I relied on him heavily in my capacity as secretary of defense and as vice president," it said. "The defense has indicated it plans to appeal the conviction in the case. Speaking as friends, we hope that our system will return a final result consistent with what we know of this fine man."
Maybe Cheney's idea of a good employee is one that will break the law and keep his mouth shut about it. This law works for gangs/the mob, oh wait.....
Posted by jimmyc451 on June 5, 2007 at 03:50 PM
The media is making this out to be a terribly harsh sentence, and I think he got off way too lightly for such a treasonous act.
Posted by virgo on June 5, 2007 at 08:53 PM
He should get the death penalty like any other traitor.
Posted by Sideburns on June 7, 2007 at 02:08 PM
He should get the death penalty like any other traitor.
Posted by Sideburns on June 7, 2007 at 02:09 PM
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