"Yesterday was a very sad day for Scooter and his family...My heart goes out to his family..." George W. B.
Being convicted is always so sad…that’s why Hallmark has a special section of condolence cards:
“We hope that your jail time is limited, and
we hope that a pardon is imminent.
You didn’t flip Cheney
for outing Ms. Plamey
For that you were irredeemably incriminated."From AP:
Attorneys for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby are preparing a last-ditch effort to delay the former White House aide's 2 1/2-year prison sentence, even as President Bush declined to say Wednesday whether he was considering a pardon.
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He requested leniency but a federal judge said he would not reward someone who hindered the investigation into the exposure of a CIA operative, Valerie Plame. Her husband had accused the administration of twisting intelligence to justify the Iraq war.
"Mr. Libby failed to meet the bar. For whatever reason, he got off course," said U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, adding that the evidence of Libby's guilt was overwhelming.
Libby's attorneys immediately sought to put the prison term on hold until his appeals have run out. Walton said he saw no reason to do so but reluctantly gave Libby's attorneys until Thursday to submit legal papers on the issue.
Bush, traveling in Europe, declined to say Wednesday whether he may pardon Libby.
"Yesterday was a very sad day for Scooter and his family," Bush told reporters. "But there's an ongoing process and it wouldn't be appropriate for me to discuss it while the process is going forward."
"My heart goes out to his family," the president added.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070606/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak_trial