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WSJ Says "Pardon Scooter Libby"

December 23, 2008 04:31

The Wall Street Journal is calling on President Bush to grant a full and unconditional pardon to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Doing so, says the Journal, will "improve" Bush's "legacy" and undo "a measure of the injustice inflicted on" Libby. Going further, the Journal says President's 2007...

CNN Reports Something "May" Have Happened!

November 17, 2008 18:56

CNN is reporting that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby "may - that's right MAY - have filed a request for a pardon from President Bush." The reports originates with CNN's Sonny Hostin - a "legal analyst" -who cites no evidence that this "may" have happened and provides no information on when it may have...

Stevens No Libby

October 29, 2008 03:56

Because the President's critics are eager to suggest that he just might pardon anyone (in order to enjoy the fumes of their own speculation), there are those who are lumping recently convicted Ted Stevens with Scooter Libby. Perhaps the president will grant another commutation of sentence, as he...

Walton on Libby and Media Reviews

September 27, 2008 01:37

The Blog of the Legal Times has a piece on U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton, who is now "reflecting" on his career. Walton recently told a group of judges that he was "warned" from the outset of the Scooter Libby trial that Mr. Libby "would never be made accountable for what he did if he were...

Cheney and Libby

August 31, 2008 14:13

It is that time again, when the media begin to contemplate how the administration's key players are contemplating their own "legacy." See, Clinton wasn't really all that long ago, was he? A piece on Dick Cheney that is out and about today and it contains this passage:... Cheney declined to be...

Obama Blasts His Own Tactics

July 31, 2008 22:14

Today, Democratic presidential candidate Obama is addressing Republican John McCain's use of Paris Hilton in an ad. Says Obama (to a crowd):You would think we would be having a serious discussion about issues, but, so far, all we have been hearing about is, Paris Hilton ...I have to ask my...

McCain Returns Obama's Hilton Fun

July 31, 2008 16:25

From the Washington Times:The RNC this morning sends around Dana Bash's CNN blog about Paris Hilton and Barack Obama, where she notes that it's not the first time the superstar has been used in a political way. She writes:John McCain is facing criticism from many Democrats for likening Barack Obama...

The Times: No Libby Application

July 19, 2008 06:09

Charlie Savage of the New York Times has written a very general piece on the pardon power and the Bush administration. He begins by noting applications for pardons and commutations are "at historic levels" and, among those seeking clemency are Michael Milken, Randy Cunningham, Edwin W. Edwards,...

Book Tour Goes to Congress

June 20, 2008 15:16

The Dallas Morning News reports that Scott McClellan has told Congress that he is "not sure" if any administration officials committed a crime by revealing Valerie Plame's identity to journalists. And the former White House press secretary is "not sure" if there was a cover-up. Perhaps he has just...

Congress Supports Book Tour

June 10, 2008 03:37

Jason Leopold at the Public Record reports Scott McClellan "has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee next week about the White House’s role in the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame." John Conyers, the Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has "extended an i...