Bush Commutes Libby's Prison Sentence And I'm Disgusted.
Yes, he did. Libby doesn't have to go to prison for his crimes because our glorious President is above the law. And the world knows, yet again, that our current administration feels that it is simply granted rights by God to do whatever the bloody hell it feels.
Here's the best quote (from the first link) from Mitt Romney, a presidental hopeful for the upcoming election:
Two Republican candidates for president, Mitt Romney and Rudolph W. Giuliani, expressed support for Mr. Bush’s decision. Campaigning in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mr. Romney said, “I believe that the circumstances of this case, where the prosecutor knew that there had not been a crime committed, created a setting where a decision of this nature was reasonable.”
And here I was thinking that lying to a grand jury was perjury. Legal Eagle LJ friends (unbleachedbrun, moroveus, and iconoclast por ejemplo), isn't that ... you know ... a crime? Lying to the F.B.I. perhaps not, but the man was in front of the grand jury and lied. He was convicted of perjury. Hence ... maybe, crime?
Are Romeny, Giuliani, Bush, and even Fred Thompson (don't get me started) trying to put forth that since nobody was ever charged with leaking her name that Libby's crime doesn't exist? Colour me completely confused.
Google "Libby" + "Commute" for an explosion in Google News' server.
Here's the best quote (from the first link) from Mitt Romney, a presidental hopeful for the upcoming election:
Two Republican candidates for president, Mitt Romney and Rudolph W. Giuliani, expressed support for Mr. Bush’s decision. Campaigning in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mr. Romney said, “I believe that the circumstances of this case, where the prosecutor knew that there had not been a crime committed, created a setting where a decision of this nature was reasonable.”
And here I was thinking that lying to a grand jury was perjury. Legal Eagle LJ friends (unbleachedbrun, moroveus, and iconoclast por ejemplo), isn't that ... you know ... a crime? Lying to the F.B.I. perhaps not, but the man was in front of the grand jury and lied. He was convicted of perjury. Hence ... maybe, crime?
Are Romeny, Giuliani, Bush, and even Fred Thompson (don't get me started) trying to put forth that since nobody was ever charged with leaking her name that Libby's crime doesn't exist? Colour me completely confused.
Google "Libby" + "Commute" for an explosion in Google News' server.