Why Bush Will Pardon Libby...: Because Otherwise George & Dick Would Face Impeachment, Jail Time

[babylonsister]

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorials/127

Why Bush Will Pardon Libby If He Has To: Because Otherwise George and Dick Would Face Impeachment and Jail Time
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Wed, 03/07/2007 - 1:00pm. Editorials

A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL

BuzzFlash has had a personal interest in the Libby case, since we were the second online – and for that matter journalistic source of any sort – to report on the importance of the outing of Valerie Plame in the infamous Bob Novak column.

David Corn, of The Nation, was the first person to recognize the potential significance of the brief passage in Novak’s column. Corn wrote a commentary in The Nation that speculated that the two senior administration staffers who confirmed Plame’s covert role to Novak might have violated Federal law. Specifically, they might have broken a Congressional prohibition on outing covert CIA staff.

After Corn’s column broke (with the mainstream press still silent), we interviewed Corn and wrote a few editorials and alerts about the potential damage to our national security caused by a White House seeking vengeance.

Eventually, the CIA filed a formal request to the Justice Department to investigate whether the law had been broken, thus compromising the CIA’s efforts – in Valerie Plame’s case – to track (oh the tragic irony) the illicit sale and transfer of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

At that point, Bush said that he would fire anyone responsible for the leak, if such a leak took place. He never asked his staff about the leak, for obvious reasons. Because Bush and Cheney – as the Libby trial revealed – were aware of and involved in the leak planning, with Bush even declassifying national security information for Libby to use to try and smear Joe Wilson.

At the point Bush made his pledge to fire anyone involved in the Plame outing, the mainstream press started to periodically cover the story. Bush also then put Attorney General John Ashcroft in charge of a cover-up. After that, the White House adopted the mantra that they could not answer any questions about the leak because there was a legal investigation going on.

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[jaksavage]

1. We will impeach the Dick and little George first

Make noise
call your congressfolk
carry a sign

[HereSince1628]

2. Look, pardoning him is easier than having him "silenced" by other methods

Don't expect the laziest administration in US history to go out of their way to protect themselves.

[LonelyLRLiberal]

3. "heart attack" a la Kenny Lay?

Guess the stress on Libby just gonna get to him?

[pat_k]

4. Impeach early and often. . .

. . .if he pardons, impeach him for obstruction of justice.

Bush and Cheney are attacking the Constitution on so many fronts that the House could vote out a set of articles every week until the Repubs in the Senate cry UNCLE and remove them (via impeachment or guilty vote)