Libby Found Guilty in CIA Leak Trial
Writing by Marq on Tuesday, 6 of March , 2007 at 2:23 pm
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Who's next in this corrupt Administration? Anyone want to place a bet on how and when Bush pardons him? Does he wait until the end of the nightmare, or does he do it in this Friday's news dump?
From the AP
Technorati Tags: CIA, Crook, Leak, Liar, Libby, WhoreVice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted Tuesday of lying and obstructing a leak investigation that reached into the highest levels of the Bush administration.
Libby is the highest-ranking White House official to be convicted of a felony since the Iran-Contra scandal of the mid-1980s. The case brought new attention to the Bush administration's much-criticized handling of weapons of mass destruction intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war.
The verdict culminated a nearly four-year investigation into how CIA official Valerie Plame's name was leaked to reporters in 2003. The trial revealed how top members of the administration were eager to discredit Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who accused the administration of doctoring prewar intelligence on Iraq.
Libby, who was once Cheney's most trusted adviser and an assistant to President Bush, was expressionless as the jury verdict was announced on the 10th day of deliberations. His wife, Harriet Grant, choked out a sob and sank her head.
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