The Treasonous Commuter

The world now knows how seriously president Bush views treason (when committed by a friend of the family). By commuting Libby’s sentence for the treasonous act of covering up who revealed the identity of an undercover CIA operative to the "embedded" media. Make no mistake, this was an act of retaliation against Joe Wilson, a man who stood up to the Bush administration in the run-up to the war in Iraq and spoke the truth about the "weapons of mass destruction" lies being fed to the American people.

Throughout this drama, the rad-con establishment has been deflecting attention from the real issue. The outing of a covert CIA agent was a criminal act that has made America less safe! Valerie Plame-Wilson was involved in helping to keep weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of America's enemies. Instead of standing up for out intelligence community, the right-wing talking heads have attacked the prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald by asserting - unchallenged by too many so-called news people - that he and his grand jury engaged in the "criminalization of politics."

It is to Mr. Fitzgerald's credit that, in this era of leaks to the press for political gain, his grand jury remained tight-lipped, right up until the Libby indictments were unsealed, leaving the rest of us to wonder and wait. A crime had been committed. Who would pay?

In case anyone is in doubt as to Scooter Libby’s lying ways, read the following excerpt from his testimony of an alleged conversation with Tim Russert of NBC News - during which Libby claimed Russert was the first person to inform him Valerie Plame Wilson was a CIA agent:

"I remember being taken aback by it. ... And I said, no, I don't know that. And, I said no. I don't know that intentionally because I didn't want him to take anything I was saying as in any way confirming what he said, because at that point in time I did not recall that I had ever known, and I thought that this was something that he was telling me that I was first learning. And I said, no, I don't know that because I want to be very careful not to confirm it for him, so that he didn't take my statement as confirmation for him."

Huh? Any parent who asks their kid if they did something wrong and gets a response like that will know their kid is not telling the truth.

This link provides the full text of the United States Department of Justice Indictment of I. Lewis Libby, also known as "Scooter Libby." Those who asserted that Patrick Fitzgerald engaged in the "criminalization of politics" and this is ‘the same thing Clinton did’ will be well served to read this, assuming they care about the democratic process and accountability.

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