Scooter Libby
Pardon Me
I. Lewis “Scooter†Libby is going to prison.
Libby was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice, crimes committed during the special prosecutor’s investigation of the “outing†of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. For his crimes, Libby has been sentenced to spend thirty months in prison.
The argument in the press now is whether George W. Bush should pardon Scooter Libby. Those who favor a pardon claim that the investigation didn’t find any “real†crime, that nobody has accused Libby of being the original source of the “outing,†and that Valerie Plame Wilson is doing quite well, thank you.
But nobody is asking why Scooter Libby lied.
This is a key question, first because anyone who lies to the FBI and to a grand jury must be covering up something serious, and second because what Libby is covering up could, if uncovered, lead to an unprecedented situation.
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