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...That's the upshot of the move by President George W. Bush to commute Libby's 30-month sentence for lying about having leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. Commutation is significantly less sweeping than a pardon, which would have wiped out Libby's conviction and left him in the position of essentially never having been charged...
President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's prison sentence on Monday will fuel speculation that others at the White House helped coordinate the leak of Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA officer in 2003. But politically the move makes sense...
...recent polls, while around 70% thought he should not. For this unpopular President to show mercy to the convicted staffer of his even more unpopular Vice President would seem the Democrats' ideal end for the affair that began when columnist Robert Novak first wrote that Administration officials had outed Plame to him in interviews. (See TIME's George W. Bush covers...
...been saying by releasing a 90-page deposition his staff conducted with her on May 10. The documents show Ralston and her lawyer playing a coy game, offering up unsolicited information on Rove's use of prewar Iraq intelligence, his conversations with Scooter Libby in the Valerie Plame case and political briefings by the White House to agencies--but saying she can only give the committee a full look at everything if it will give her immunity from prosecution, should she become a target of an investigation...
...evidence, a U.S. district judge wrapped up one of the Bush Administration's most embarrassing episodes by giving I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, 2 1/2 years in prison for lying to federal investigators about his role in the leak of CIA officer Valerie Plame's identity. The sentence is longer than the minimum recommended by federal guidelines, and the judge said he sees no likely justification for an appeal. Libby, 56, the highest-ranking White House official to be convicted of a felony since Iran-contra, could go to jail within two months...