I'm all for pardoning Libby...provided Karl Rove and Dick Cheney come forward before the American people and admit he covered for them.

To my understanding, they can't be tried for this any longer, so come clean with the American people and in so doing, clean your consciences and clear Libby. Let the American people react accordingly!

Let the justice system run its course? C'mon - the absolute pardon power is in the Constitution and has been part of the "justice system" for the entire lifespan of this nation.

When I heard that former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby had been found guilty on four of five counts in his perjury and obstruction of justice trial, and faced25 years in prison and a fine of $1 million, I have to say I felt sorry for him. He is not a pedophile, nor was he convicted of rape or murder.

Libby was convicted of: obstruction of justice when he intentionally deceived the grand jury investigating the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame;
Convicted again for intentionally lying to FBI agents about the conversation he had with Tim Russert from NBC, and two counts of perjury

There is a part of me that says this trial was much to do about nothing since, after all, Libby, was not accused of exposing Plame as a covert CIA agent. In some ways, he was the “Small fish” that got caught while the school of great white sharks got away.

The fact remains that when former ambassador Joseph Wilson reported in a July 2003 New York Times editorial, that he found no evidence to suggest that Iraq sought to buy uranium from Niger, it was in stark contrast to the information that president Bush stated in his “State of the Union message”. The idea of Iraq being on the verge of obtaining nuclear weapons was one of the administration’s most compelling arguments for the Iraq war.
As a result, many within the administration pushed back hard against ambassador Wilson. Prosecutor Fitzgerald, contended that Libby leaked Plame's covert CIA connection to reporters as part of a plan to discredit her husband and perhaps as an act of revenge.

There have been some conflicting claims as too exactly what Valerie Plame’s job title was at the time she was “Outed” but she clearly was operating undercover. As the wife of an ambassador the disclosure could make a all spouses of diplomats suspect, and endanger their lives, the lives of their possible contacts, and make the job of obtaining information more difficult.

In the end, we find our selves in a war fewer and fewer people want; our intelligence professionals have in part been compromised, and the big fish and the ones that sold Ms. Plame out are still swimming.

Larry Lubell

Facts.........do not matter. This is about politics: Dems/Media vs Bush. It was never about justice/truth.

There was no underlining crime. Say it with me! Plame was NOT a covert agent - read the defition.

Fitzgerald was tasked w/ investigating who gave Robert Novak Plame's name. From the start he knew it was Armitage. Case should have ended there.

If providing info on Plame was a crime - why wasn't Armitage charged. Answer - because it was not a crime.

Armitage was State Dept. NOT the Whitehouse. Armtage was against the Iraq War....not for it. Armitage is not a Bush supporter.

Fitzgerald like in Moby Dick....went hunting the Whale and would not quite until he got someone for something.

Libby was convicted for having a bad memory.

Shame on Fitzgerald for being a political tool for the democrats.

Valerie Plame deserves a large cash settlement for the harm caused.

In response to new information to an earlier posting Libby leaked Plame’s covert CIA connection.
A copy of which ran on the ABC New Blog I read the following response.

Facts.........do not matter. This is about politics: Dems/Media vs Bush. It was never about justice/truth.
There was no underlining crime. Say it with me! Plame was NOT a covert agent - read the defition.
Fitzgerald was tasked w/ investigating who gave Robert Novak Plame's name. From the start he knew it was Armitage. Case should have ended there.
If providing info on Plame was a crime - why wasn't Armitage charged. Answer - because it was not a crime.
Armitage was State Dept. NOT the Whitehouse. Armtage was against the Iraq War....not for it. Armitage is not a Bush supporter.
Fitzgerald like in Moby Dick....went hunting the Whale and would not quite until he got someone for something.
Libby was convicted for having a bad memory.
Shame on Fitzgerald for being a political tool for the Democrats.