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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: calgal who wrote (760824)	4/3/2007 4:13:55 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) of 769670

Libby prosecuted so district attorney could flex muscle Joseph F. Bauman BOCA RATON April 3, 2007 Isn't it abominable that a major newspaper divulged information about our government tracking terrorists through their banking operations, or divulging that the government was monitoring terrorists' telephone calls from overseas? Both disclosures were about classified information. Both disclosures hurt our defense against radical terrorism. Neither disclosure was vilified by the press or prosecuted by the court system. Instead, one district attorney went after I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby for something a thousand times less harmful to our country. He was charged and convicted of lying as to when he divulged that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA. Scooter Libby was not convicted for "outing" Plame as a covert operator for the CIA. Under federal law, she was not considered a covert operator despite her claims that she was. Many people work for the CIA in noncovert positions. Furthermore, legally charging someone for lying about the date of a non-crime (saying that she worked for the CIA) is trivial and to bring this to court is almost a crime itself. Such situations are never, or possibly hardly ever, prosecuted. District attorneys have immense power. This district attorney sought to try Libby -- at great expense to the government and to Libby -- I believe for political reasons. Had Libby been a Democrat, I doubt any charges would have been brought. If the conviction is not overturned on appeal, I hope the president will pardon him forthwith. Copyright © 2007, South Florida Sun-Sentinel sun-sentinel.com

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