Scooter Libby

Murray Waas: Cheney Admits Crucial Role In Valerie Plame Leak

Firedoglake | Murray Waas | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

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Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a still-highly confidential FBI report, admitted to federal investigators that he rewrote talking points for ...

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Jason Linkins

Wall Street Journal To Bush: Save Scooter Libby

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.23.2009 | Media

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The WSJ editors are beseeching Bush to offer Libby a full pardon on the grounds that it would "[undo] a measure of the injustice inflicted" upon him. But didn't Scooter basically get off scot-free?

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The Twelve Days Of Fitzmas: 5 Bleeping Blagos, 2 Singing Scooters

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago

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On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: An Eddie V. Who's Pleading Guilty On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...

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Stop The Fake Outrage: Illinois Gov. Small Change Compared to Bush

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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Charles Karel Bouley

Yes, there should be headlines that say "Shame!" but this ignorant want-to-be-thug of a governor is a small fish a few states away from the mother of all corrupt ponds, Washington D.C.

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Dear Gov. Blagojevich

Matt Cooper | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

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Matt Cooper

You're probably wondering what to do. I have some advice. Back in 2004, I had a rather infamous run-in with Pat Fitzgerald, the U.S. Attorney who has taken such a keen interest in you.

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Jason Linkins

Karl Rove Advises Obama On DOJ Politicization

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

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Today's Wall Street Journal features an op-ed from former White House Adviser Karl Rove that's filled with cautions and advice and ruminations on the ...

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CNN: Scooter Libby May Have Requested Bush Pardon

Raw Story | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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As President Bush gets closer to leaving the White House, expectations are mounting that he will follow his predecessors in issuing a slew of last-min...

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What Barack Obama Should Learn From Dick Cheney

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

Obama should look to Cheney to understand how a pro -- even one who so damaged the interests of the nation -- managed power and purpose in government.

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Executive Accountability: A Constitutional Amendment for the Next Congress

Paul Abrams | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

Excluding from the pardon power persons who have worked for the administration will prevent the president from covering up illegal acts -- making it less likely that officials will carry out illegal acts in the first place.

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Bush Claims Executive Privilege In Valerie Plame Leak

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Bush invoked executive privilege to keep Congress from seeing the FBI report of an interview with Vice President Dick Che...

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My Interview with Matt Taibbi on His Book, the Media, the Election and His Spat with Erica Jong

Ben Cohen | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media

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Ben Cohen

Matt Taibbi: "I think there was a lot of real anger there and I got caught up in that, I think unfairly because I'm not a misogynist, I'm a misanthrope."

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McClellan, Right and Wrong

Matt Cooper | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

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Matt Cooper

I covered the Bush White House for Time and got caught up in the C.I.A.-leak case, which was a signal moment in McClellan's tenure. I feel badly for McClellan--Libby and Rove hung him out to dry.

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Scotty Come Lately

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

How many times are we going to have a key Bush administration official try to wash the blood off his hands -- and add a chunk of change to his bank account -- by writing a come-clean book years after the fact instead of when it actually could have made a difference? Read More Unmasking McCain: His Reactionary Record on Reproductive Rights Many women who are avowed Hillary Clinton supporters are declaring they won't vote for Obama in the fall. I get the anger and the disappointment. But to quote SNL's Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers: Really? You'd rather vote for a man who has a 25-year history of voting against a woman's right to choose? Read More WATCH: CNBC's Business Nation Goes Behind The Scenes At HuffPost

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Scooter Libby Disbarred

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Former top White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was banned Thursday from practicing law in the nation's capital following his ...

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Bush Issues 29 Pardons -- To Carjackers, Drug Dealers, And "A Moonshiner"

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Bush granted pardons Tuesday to carjackers, drug dealers, a moonshiner and a violator of election laws, but not to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby...

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Scooter Libby Not Among 29 People Pardoned By Bush

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President George W. Bush granted pardons to 29 people on Tuesday but Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, was not a...

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Katharine Zaleski

Will The White House Comment On The CIA Leak Case Now?

HuffingtonPost.com | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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It's over. Scooter Libby is done trying to appeal his felony conviction. He won't go to the slammer thanks to the President. Hey, he might even get a ...

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Scooter Libby Withdraws His Appeal

Associated Press | Matt Apuzzo | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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AP reports former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is no longer appealing his conviction in the CIA leak case, a tacit recognition that conti...

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Judith Miller Movie Glams Up Its Heroine

Washington Post | William Booth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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What Hollywood is calling "the Judith Miller movie" is now filming on location here, but prepare yourselves: Some changes are being made to the story ...

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Plame Book Blasts Bush Administration For Its "Arrogance And Intolerance"

AP | Matt Apuzzo | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Four years after her CIA cover was blown in a newspaper column, Valerie Plame is settling scores with the Bush administration, Republican lawmakers an...

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Today Show Scores First Live Valerie Plame Wilson Interview

TV Newser | Chris Ariens | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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NBC News announced that Valerie Plame Wilson will sit down with Meredith Vieira for "her first-ever live television interview." The interview will occ...

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Novak: Wilson Did Not Forcefully Object To Naming Wife In Column

The Hill | Mike Soraghan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Columnist Robert Novak said Saturday Ambassador Joe Wilson did not forcefully object to the naming of his CIA operative wife, Valerie Plame Wilson, wh...

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