There's a Hero in the Dock

The American Thinker ^ | June 4,2007 | Clarice Feldman

[the Real fifi]

Tomorrow, June 5, after some four years of an unenviable ordeal, I. Lewis Libby, a brilliant man, a dedicated public servant and the father of two young children, will stand in the dock before U.S. District Court judge Reggie Walton to be sentenced for what a jury found constituted perjury, obstruction and false statements to government investigators and a grand jury. Leaving aside, for the purpose of this discussion, the significant flaws in the investigation and trial, the continuing questions about the veracity of the prosecution's witnesses and the thin and contradictory evidence against him, the question now is what is the proper punishment?

To the obvious fury of the prosecution, the Probation Department has filed a report full of praise for the defendant-his long history of decency and assistance to others and his dedicated and hard work - and has suggested that under the now advisory-only sentencing guidelines, his sentence should be no more than 15 - 21 months. Further it has offered a number of factors warranting a diminution of his sentence which, were this an ordinary case, probably would result in probation-only with no sentence of jail time.

[the Real fifi]

Pardon him already!

[the Real fifi]

PING

[Drammach]

It's Patrick Fitzgerald that should be getting sentenced, for wasting millions of tax dollars and time.
There's nothing in the Special Prosecutor's instructions that called for a conviction at any cost..

The SP was supposed to determine who "leaked" Valery Plame's name to the press and whether that act was criminal.
Fitzgerald discovered those facts quite early in his investigation.
There was no need to go any further once the details in question had been determined.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

The government is practically tripping over itself to hand out amnesty to illegal foreigner MS-13 gang members, but Scooter is to be sentenced in a political witchhunt. And prosecuted by a Republican administration, no less. What a travesty.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

The SP was supposed to determine who "leaked" Valery Plame's name to the press and whether that act was criminal.

No doubt Armitage will be closely examined by a grand jury any day now!

Oh wait, he wasn't one of Cheney's guys -- never mind.

[Lancey Howard]

Imagine if Libby had stolen and destroyed classified material from the National Archives and then lied about it until the jig was up and he had to confess? Why, I bet he would be staring at bars for years! Wouldn't he?

"Many conservatives burrowed within the Department of Justice have long complained that Gonzales has permitted career government employees and hold-overs from Democratic Administrations to remain in perches of power and thereby water down conservative directives from the top. As one conservative and Federalist Society member in the Justice Department told me: “This is definitely not Ronald Reagan’s Justice Department, I assure you. You have holdovers from Clinton calling the shots in a lot of places here.” "

Thank you, George W. Bush.

[gusopol3]

this would get more attention with Libby’s name in title

[the Real fifi]

Well, I’ve no way to amend the post to do so.Do you?)

[AppyPappy]

a jury found constituted perjury, obstruction and false statements to government investigators and a grand jury

Just like Bill Clinton. How much time did Bill get?

[STARWISE]

Mods, could you please add (Libby sentence)

after the title so that one knows the subject matter, please?

Thank you so much.