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Post by bernardjenkins on Jun 5, 2007 12:17:07 GMT -5
Scooter Libby is sentence to 30 months in prison and must pay 250,000 dollars for lying and obstructing a CIA leak probe. A probe!
Yet Sandy Berger in 2005, was convicted of unauthorized removal & retention of classified material. The conviction stemmed from his theft& destruction of classified documents. Yet he remains a free man.
Why the "unusually harsh sentence," as William Otis, a former federal prosecutor who served on the advisory committee on sentencing guidelines, put it? Because, the judge explained, "people who occupy these types of positions, where they have the welfare and security of the nation in their hands, have a special obligation not to do anything that might create a problem." Of course, Sandy Berger, national security adviser to Bill Clinton, hid original documents on his person, took them out of the National Archives, destroyed them, and lied to investigators. One might think of this as "creating a problem." But Berger got no prison time and a fine one-fifth that imposed on Libby.
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Post by osrb on Jun 5, 2007 12:30:44 GMT -5
It looks like Libby is in the wrong party if he were a Dim he would have got a medal for creative thinking.
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Post by bernardjenkins on Jun 5, 2007 12:41:30 GMT -5
Just keep an eye on the William Jefferson D-New Orleans case. We see the wagons being circled now. I wonder what Richard Armitage is thinking today? The New York Times reported that Armitage was the "initial & primary source" for columnist Novak's article, which "outs" Valerie Plame.
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Post by osrb on Jun 6, 2007 19:36:33 GMT -5
<sarcasm> Don't you know that the only reason that the bush injustice department is going after William Jefferson D-New Orleans is that he is black. They should return the money that he had in his freezer he was just trying to keep it cool. </sarcasm>
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Post by bernardjenkins on Jun 6, 2007 19:57:19 GMT -5
And that video they have has been doctored as well!!
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Post by daworm on Jun 7, 2007 8:41:33 GMT -5
Nah, they are going after him because of his name. Just add a Clinton to the end, and you'll see what I mean.
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