Six Degrees of Separation of Scooter Libby
By Nicole Belle Wednesday Jul 04, 2007 3:02pm
President Bush's commutation of Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence highlights some interesting connections between Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, a former fugitive from justice, an ex-president and two leading 2008 White House hopefuls.
Before entering government, Libby was a private attorney who represented billionaire international commodities trader Marc Rich.
Rich was indicted in 1983 by then-U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani on charges of tax evasion and illegal dealing with Iran during the American hostage crisis.
Rich fled to Switzerland. He also occupied a spot on the FBI's Most Wanted List for many years.
Giuliani, former mayor of New York, is now a leading Republican presidential candidate. He endorsed Bush's decision to spare Libby jail time even though he had tried to put Libby's client behind bars.
"After evaluating the facts, the president came to a reasonable decision, and I believe the decision was correct," Giuliani said in a written statement Monday evening.
Rich's fugitive days ended when former President Clinton pardoned him in January 2001, a move that prompted a congratulatory call from Libby to Rich.
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You can't make stuff like that up.
May i just go on record and say that i never voted for Clinton. I did not like Clinton or his policies. So, for all you right wingers out there who want to wave Clinton's record in my face all i can say is, "Nice try."
Flash @ 1:
Why? Have you ever looked at William Bennett's client list.
Nepotism all around. Even crossing the aisles. Scratching the back of your political peers is the greatest single act of bipartisanship in Washington.
And the taxpayer gets to pay for it.
Clinton was the best Republican President of the 20th century!
xoites defends Constitution @ 2:
At least they're not waving anything else of Bill Clinton's in your face.
No probation for Scooter because he never served time. How convenient.
Now it's OK for the VP to rehire Scooter back .
Follow the money.
Maybe we should sic these guys on them.
Putins version of the Hitler Youth?
Ultra creepy.
Libby was commuted to help in the White House cover-up and the majority of Intelligent Americans know that according to the poll numbers.
"This (Libby pardon) is consistent with their philosophy. They believe they should be able to
do what they want to do and that the law is a minor obstacle. It was wrong to out that CIA agent,
and it's wrong to cover it up and wrong that no one was fired from the White House for doing it."
-- Bill Clinton
“The commutation was for the coverup. The coverup was for the CIA outing. The outing was for the war. The war was for oil and profit.”
Clinton/Obama, the ultimate karma.
Neocon Orgy!!!
getalife @ 11:
I'm tellin' my Daddy. The bad mans are pickin' on me.
Janet @ 6:
I used to be a Correctional Officer for the State of Conn. and as I understand it parole is a premature release from prison to a supervised release to a Parole Officer.
Probation is a sentence of supervised conduct by a Probation Officer in exchange for not going to prison. If the Probation Officer suspects the offender of repeated violation of laws then the P.O. can recommend that the probation be vacated and a prison sentence imposed instead.
But in a world where the Attorney General thumbs his nose at congress, who knows?
You have only scratched the surface as to the company that Mr. Libby has kept as well as secrets that are now first coming to light. This will continue to unravel because March Rich, Libby and Bill Clinton were responsible for the jailing of Ambassador Leo Wanta. But have no fear, a Writ of Mandamus has been filed in Federal Court in Alexandrea VA. What goes around eventually comes around. Maybe that's why the arrested Alan Greenspan last week and Sir Eddie George the former Governor of the Bank of England this past weekend. But of course in a manipulated press, you'll never hear of it until it is pushed in the corprotocracy's face.
Read all about it C&Ler's...www.worldreports.org
LEO WANTA'S PETITION FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS
CASE NUMBER: 1:2007CV00609 – TSE – BRP: ALEXANDRIA
Thursday 5 July 2007 16:04
THE BIGGEST FINANCIAL SCANDAL IN WORLD HISTORY
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
ALEXANDRIA DIVISION
Case Number: 1:2007cv00609 – TSE – BRP
Filed: 20th June 2007
Petitioner: Lee E. Wanta
Respondents: Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Robert M. Kimmitt, James R. Wilkinson, Michael Chertoff, Alberto R. Gonzales and Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Court: Virginia Eastern District Court
Office: Alexandria Office
It ain't what you know it's who you know. Or who you blow as in the case of some politicians.
I think in a non-partisian court of law this commutation would be proven unconstitutional and be thrown out of court. The second article clearly states he could not do this to stop impeachment and if Libby would have talked it was heading to the oval officeAnd impeachment. Therefore it was commuted to save impeachment. If I Scooter Libby is on probation what kind of sentence could he get since it was commuted if he violated his probation.
What an interesting story! Weird how everything seems to revolve around Iran, maybe we should be friends with them since all of our elite politicians have business arrangements with them already?
All crooks and liars finally...
By doing nothing to stop the insanity every single american is an accomplice of all the murders made by The Butcher from Washington.
This is getting harder to follow than an Italian opera sang in Mandarin.
PNAAC Minister @ 12:
Instead of KY Jelly they use Ben Gay?
xoites defends Constitution Says:
I never voted for Clenis either time myself. The Bushes and the Clintons are two peas in a pod. Corporatist greedy fuckers they are.
Interesting to read Bill Clinton's explanation of his pardons from his New York Times op-ed.
About Marc Rich, he writes:
So, although I would not attempt to defend Clinton's pardons, I'm certainly getting tired of hearing the outrage about Clinton from the right wing talking heads. His most controversial pardons seems to be much better-vetted than Bush's. From Libby -- a Cheney staff member -- no less!
Ladies and gentleman we have reached a quarum. All presidential pardon are either political or for the money. There has not been any that was because a sentence was unfair.
Republicans:
Soft on crime
Soft on National Security
Soft in the head
If there is a single term to describe this kind of interrelationship I would have to use political incest. That just seems to sum it all up in one bumper sticker.
Doug @ 25:
Soft in the belly.
The mafia is bad. But the ruling class are a mafia AND the law, and they have completely gamed the system.
cheesesauce @ 22:
I never voted for Clenis either time myself. The Bushes and the Clintons are two peas in a pod. Corporatist greedy fuckers they are.
Thanks for the lack of help Republicans!
And on a side note: if republicans constantly claim 'the democrats do it too' then why are they constantly claiming the GOP is so much better?
Start calling your representatives..TODAY...and demand impeachment of both the chimp and darth. I heard next week the real drive will get underway..but I say...call now, and call next week too!! It's time we spoke up. DEMAND your representatives REPRESENT!!
the is ONE and ONLY ONE political party in washington and the usa now.
i am a democrat, but this crap we are ALL in stinks and they are all to blame.
we need to CLEAN HOUSE, both of them and get some representatives that are not
dangling on the strings of the lobbyists.
Here we find a family tree that's more ingrown than half of White County, Arkansas.
Andrew @ 15:
Okay, that's crap. My comments didn't post in the right place. See them in the second paragraph of post # 34.
My head is going to explode. Please don't tell me that Al Gore has anything to do with these shenanigans. I need someone to believe in.
Seele^ @ 30:
It would be a good slogan: Vote Republican: because we do as a matter of policy what the Democrats occasionally do when they're at their worst.
OK, that needs a bit more snap. How about:
Vote Republican: Because we're proud of the things Democrats are ashamed of.
xoites defends Constitution @ 2:
May I just go on record to say that I voted for Clinton both times ... and that was in a deeply red state where I knew my vote was wasted anyway.
So, for all you right wingers out there who want to wave Clinton's record in my face, all I can say is, "You don't have a leg to stand on after the last 6.5 years." Cheney/Bush makes Clinton look like FDR/Lincoln/Churchill/Reagan/Kennedy all combined.
Flaws admitted, I'll proudly stand behind Bill Clinton's contribution to the world. Especially when compared to the current war profiteers and propagandists.
I was proud to admit that I was a Clinton supporter long before I knew who Karl Rove was. But now, I'm only solidified in my support.
Yes, I put Reagan in there because he had his endearing qualities, as well as his flaws ... just like Bill Clinton.
ROTFLMAO.... This is waaay better than anything Shakespeare could have dreamed up... Will the evil sock puppet emperor eventually cut loose his ties to the dumb side and make an effort to actually use what little cerebellum remains before it shrivels away into nothingness through inactivity?... Will the Darklord Cheney admit to being the bastard father of that inbred Caligula clone? Will he reveal to all that he secretly inseminated granny Bush with enhanced interrogation sperm while she and Herbert lay spent one dreary eve following one unimaginably horrifying menage-trois and then pining for another generation of power-brokers to remake the world into the utopia imagined in their clean, god-fearing vision? Were Scooter and Gonzo babies replaced at birth with suggestible clones bearing implants for controlling them remotely?.... "Just how deep is this hole?" asked Alice.
So what else is new?
What's really hilarious about this Libby "commute" is there disdain for Clinton, his policies and his values but they're so quick to say Clinton did it so it's okay. Can't have it both ways.
WTF does that have to do with anything??
34 AF_Comm_Guy,
The Wanta story has been around for quite awhile now. Although the claim that Greenspan has been arrested is new News(?).
Jeff Rense has had articles about Wanta on his site. He also has articles about UFOs. Between the two subjects, it is anyone's guess as to which one is closer to being factual at this point, but I fall on the side of neither.
DanInAlabama @ 43:
Yeah, the websites I saw some of this on were making references to Cheney and MK Ultra as well as other conspiracy theories so I took it with more than just a grain of salt. What got my attention was that when you make a claim about somebody being arrested it is usually pretty easy to verify or prove false. That's why conspiracy theorists tend to stick with their silly stuff because it relies on assertions that can't be proven or disproven, kind of like religion.
President Bush’s commutation of Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s prison sentence highlights some interesting connections between Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, a former fugitive from justice, an ex-president and two leading 2008 White House hopefuls.
Okay, we have Giuliani, but who is the second of the two leading 2008 White House hopefuls?
ysbaddaden @ 27:
Silly me, how could I forget?
Soft in the penis.
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