Mar 07 2007
Scooter Libby Thoughts
No links or trackbacks on this, just a few observations.
Overall, I think he got hosed. The more I read of the trial the more concerned I get that he is just the scapegoat.
For all the gloating liberals, a reminder. He did not get nailed for leaking Valarie Plame’s identity, the not so covert CIA babe. Armitage did that, and faces no charges because revealing her identity was not a crime. Please give it a rest.
In fact Fitzgerald knew from day one who leaked the name, yet he fished for a sucker to take the rap for months. He searched for months for a person who he knew didn’t exist that committed a crime that wasn’t a crime. A waste.
Too many people had conflicting testimonies and such for me to be satisfied as well. The trial was a sham and I hope the defense wins a new trial or an appeal.
I hate presidential interference with legal matters, preferring to trust the system, but I am almost tempted to jump on the pardon band wagon.
To all the lefties hoping for Cheney and Rove to be found guilty, sorry. The story of the decade that led the Wilson’s into a multi million dollar book/movie deal continues to be a non starter.
Now Hollywood can have fun with it, as the fiction it always was.
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Until such a time that the two border agents are given a pardon, I am against any pardons givenby this president. Over the past several months I have seen that both sides have misused the justice branch for their own agendas.The border agent fiasco tied directly to secret doc’s with Mexico concerning treatment of ILLEGALS, and the Plame non law broken case. This should create a sickening feeling within the law abiding citizen that there now appears that politics is the single most important issue of today and not what is right or ethical.
The comparison of the treatment of the border agents and Mr. Libby would be more apropos [sp?] if the facts were in both cases that there were no underlying crime.
But as I have heard it, in the case of the border agents’ case there are significant criminal activities on the part of the agents. To wit, the suspect had stopped, faced the agent, and had his hands in the air. But rather than simply arresting him, the agent tried to “butt” him with the stock of the shotgun he was carrying. Because the suspect was across a small stream, the attempt to illegally assault him resulted instead in the agent losing his balance (it was just a teeny bit farther than he could strike, because of the interposing rivulet). Because of that, the suspect saw an opportunity, and turned and fled.
Now. If that is true, and the person being interviewed on the radio show was in a position to know, it does demonstrate criminal behavior on the part of at least that one agent.
But to listen to the general coverage, no agents broke any laws. It would appear that that position is at best false.
Things are quite different in the casae of Mr. Libby.
My only point is that my opinion is that the position “Until such a time that the two border agents are given a pardon, I am against any pardons givenby this president” appears to gloss over fundamental differences.
(Just for clarification, I support a physical barrier, and criminal proceedings against those who come here illegally, followed by deportation. The flow of individuals here illegally serves to import poverty, and lowers standards of living for those who obey the laws. I do not see border control agents as bad guys, but rather as heros. [again: sp?])