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...Scooting Away from Justice In "Easy Commute," Richard Lacayo suggested that President George W. Bush commuted the sentence of I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, a member of the Bush inner circle, because Bush had nothing to lose [July 16]. But there could be a more sinister reason. Events have shown that U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, not Vice President Dick Cheney, leaked the undercover identity of Valerie Plame. If Cheney was innocent the entire time, why did Libby have to lie to protect him? Could something even more damaging emerge upon further investigation? With a commuted sentence, Libby...
...glad Bush commuted Libby's sentence. There are too many people in U.S. prisons already. Besides, I don't feel any less safe with Scooter remaining loose and weird on the streets. But if I were in any way complicit in exposing the identity of a U.S. secret agent to our enemies during a time of war - which is in effect what happened with the outing of CIA operative Plame - I would be called a traitor and duckwalked to an electric chair, gas chamber or some form of lethal injection. Sterling Greenwood, ASPEN, COLORADO...
...Easy Commute," Richard Lacayo suggested that President George W. Bush commuted the sentence of I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, a member of the Bush inner circle, because Bush had nothing to lose [July 16]. But there could be a more sinister reason. With a commuted sentence, Libby can plead the Fifth Amendment in future testimony. This whole affair smells. The Bush Administration has taken politics from the gutter into the sewers...
...glad Bush commuted Libby's sentence. There are too many people in U.S. prisons already. Besides, I don't feel any less safe with Scooter remaining loose and weird on the streets. But if I were somehow complicit in exposing the identity of a U.S. secret agent to our enemies during a time of war I would be called a traitor and duckwalked to an electric chair, gas chamber or some form of lethal injection...
...What is your reaction to President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence? -Shahab Moghadam, saratoga, calif.This Administration gave special treatment to Scooter Libby. There are 5,000 appeals to the President for mercy-almost all of which he has rejected. It is troubling to think Libby may have thought he would never have to spend time in prison...