Edwards' Statement on the Libby Verdict: Is there More to the Story

benny05

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Tue Mar-06-07 05:17 PM
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Edwards' Statement on the Libby Verdict: Is there More to the Story

Chapel Hill, North Carolina � Senator John Edwards released the following statement today about the recent verdict finding Vice President Cheney�s former Chief of Staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby guilty on multiple counts in the CIA leak case.

"Today's verdict in the Libby case is an important step in holding the Administration accountable for its consistent misuse and manipulation of intelligence to further its ideological agenda. But there are serious questions about whether the buck actually stopped with Scooter Libby. The American people deserve to know if Mr. Libby has been made a scapegoat in order to protect anyone else."

http://johnedwards.com/news/headlines/20070306-libbyverdict/

If anyone can get at the truth at the moment, it is Edwards and also Conyers. Congress needs to step up for more investigations and push Cheney and Rove to be accountable for their actions.

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goclark

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Tue Mar-06-07 05:19 PM
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1. BINGO !

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BuyingThyme

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Tue Mar-06-07 05:19 PM
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2. Umm... there are no such questions.

Nobody thinks the "buck" stops with Libby.

Don't you watch the teevee, John?

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benny05

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Tue Mar-06-07 05:22 PM
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3. When he has time

He's been on the road more than a month since Feb 1.

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joanmj

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Tue Mar-06-07 06:00 PM
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4. Yes!

:hide: The analysis will get hot and heavy--except for FOX which likes to avoid the real story!

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Dr Fate

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Tue Mar-06-07 06:51 PM
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5. Why knock him for keeping their feet to the fire? Eddie's statement is spot on.

n/t

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BuyingThyme

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Tue Mar-06-07 08:40 PM
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8. Not really. The trial showed very clearly that Libby was doing

Cheney's bidding.

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Dr Fate

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Tue Mar-06-07 08:49 PM
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9. Right- So nothing wrong with Eddie suggesting that fact-over & over & over.

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BuyingThyme

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Tue Mar-06-07 08:53 PM
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10. But he doesn't even seem to know about it.

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Dr Fate

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Wed Mar-07-07 05:08 PM
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11. He seems to know about it, or he would not make the suggestion. n/t

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Cha

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Tue Mar-06-07 07:13 PM
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6. Way to go John Edwards!

libby's a scapegoat all right..the question is will he go to jail and serve his time or what does his future hold?

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Dispassionate Lib

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Tue Mar-06-07 07:47 PM
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7. Pure Speculation

He gets sentenced to 22 months, with 10 months suspended on parole compliance conditions. The appeals get exhausted by October, 2008, when the SOTUS refuses to hear the case, he begins serving a week before the '08 election, does exactly six weeks before the Christmas pardon.

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