No Pardon For I. Liar Libby...Yet

“WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 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 among them.

There has been speculation that before he leaves office in January 2009 Bush may pardon Libby, who was convicted in March of perjury and obstructing an investigation into who revealed the identity of a CIA officer, Valerie Plame, whose husband had criticized the Iraq war.

Bush commuted Libby's 2-1/2-year prison sentence in July, but Cheney's former chief of staff still had to pay a $250,000 fine. Libby's attorney said on Monday his client had dropped his appeal of his conviction.

The Justice Department's list of pardons, issued in the tradition of granting clemency during the holiday season, covered a variety of crimes including cocaine distribution, marijuana manufacturing, mail fraud and bank embezzlement.” Cont…

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071211/pl_nm/usa_crime_libby_dc_1

Marc Rich move over. The guy that helped argue for your pardon will be needing one himself.

Certainly supports that supposition.

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