President Bush commuted Scooter Libby's prison sentence yesterday, stating the punishment was "excessive".
Once again, I feel the main premise of this story has been grossly missed by the general population of the US. In a time of WAR, the people running the white house revealed the SECRET IDENTITY of an ACTIVE CIA OPERATIVE to the PRESS because the 'powers that be' didn't like the POLITICAL OPINIONS of that SECRET CIA OPERATIVE'S husband.
In a time of WAR, the very leaders who have been SCREAMING about PATRIOTISM and UNDERMINING THE TROOPS and putting NATIONAL SECURITY above all FREEDOMS, sold out one of our highly trained, super-secret, real-life-Sydney-Bristow-type-spies for political purposes. Then they claimed they didn't. Then they claimed that she wasn't a covert operator. Then they claimed they would do whatever it took to uncover the truth. Then they claimed whoever was responsible would be taken care of. Then they claimed that if anyone BROKE THE LAW, they would be punished. Then they would not comment. Then they claimed (some more) that this person- this highly trained, covert CIA agent- was not really that important to national security. Then when the vice president's former chief of staff was convicted for obstruction of justice because he lied about what he knew and who he told what he knew to during the investigation, the President decides he should not go to jail- he should not have to serve 2 1/2 years in prison... he should not have to serve a day.
These people are masters of hypocrisy.
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Also to be noted in the hypocrisy camp--Fred Thompson, the potential dark horse in the Republican race to the White House, has applauded Bush for the pardon because he too believed the sentence unfair.
Fred Thompson voted to impeach Clinton because he lied about having sex, but believes that lying to a grand jury about a CIA agent to be okay. Yikes--what is this country coming to? And this from a party that touts its "morals."
You might be onto something with that hypocrisy charge. Libby was convicted on five felony counts and will serve no jail time. Paris Hilton served 23 days in jail for driving with a suspended license.
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