Libby sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation â?? the probe that showed a White House obsessed with criticism of its decision to go to war.
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the highest-ranking White House official sentenced to prison since the Iran-Contra affair, asked for leniency, but a federal judge said he would not reward someone who hindered the investigation into the exposure of a CIA operative. The operative's husband had accused the administration of twisting intelligence to justify the Iraq war.
No date was set immediately for Libby to report to prison.
"Mr. Libby failed to meet the bar. For whatever reason, he got off course," said U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton.
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, who spent years investigating the case, said, "We need to make the statement that the truth matters ever so much." He had asked for a sentence of up to three years, while Libby had asked for probation and no time in prison.
Reaction from the White House was still supportive â?? but somber.
President Bush, traveling in Europe, said through a spokesman that he "felt terrible for the family," especially Libby's wife and children. Libby and his wife, Harriet Grant, have two school-age children, a son and a daughter.
Libby sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison - Yahoo! News
Well lets see.....the appeal should take us to the end of the "08" elections in which I foresee a Presidential Pardon in the making. Any betters?
Have a good one!:s4:
Libby sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison
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Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation â?? the probe that showed a White House obsessed with criticism of its decision to go to war.
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the highest-ranking White House official sentenced to prison since the Iran-Contra affair, asked for leniency, but a federal judge said he would not reward someone who hindered the investigation into the exposure of a CIA operative. The operative's husband had accused the administration of twisting intelligence to justify the Iraq war.
No date was set immediately for Libby to report to prison.
"Mr. Libby failed to meet the bar. For whatever reason, he got off course," said U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton.
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, who spent years investigating the case, said, "We need to make the statement that the truth matters ever so much." He had asked for a sentence of up to three years, while Libby had asked for probation and no time in prison.
Reaction from the White House was still supportive â?? but somber.
President Bush, traveling in Europe, said through a spokesman that he "felt terrible for the family," especially Libby's wife and children. Libby and his wife, Harriet Grant, have two school-age children, a son and a daughter.
Libby sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison - Yahoo! News
Well lets see.....the appeal should take us to the end of the "08" elections in which I foresee a Presidential Pardon in the making. Any betters?
Have a good one!:s4:
They got the wrong guy.
Libby sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison
They got libby, hopefully, bush and cheney are next. (I consider capital letters in a name to be a sign of respect.) -Granny:hippy:
Libby sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison
P4B i can see a pardon you can bet your ass on that.
