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Title: White House Criticizes Clintons on Libby
Source: The Guardian
URL Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6760229,00.html
Published: Jul 5, 2007
Author: TERENCE HUNT
Post Date: 2007-07-05 18:18:07 by Eoghan
Keywords: None
Views: 154
Comments: 4

The White House on Thursday made fun of former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for criticizing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of former aide I. Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby.

``I don't know what Arkansan is for chutzpah, but this is a gigantic case of it,'' presidential spokesman Tony Snow said.

In his commutation decision, Bush left a $250,000 fine. Libby paid the fine on Thursday.

Libby's friends and supporters have raised more than $5 million to cover legal fees and were continuing to raise money but Libby paid the fine himself, according to someone close to the fund who spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the account are private. The cashiers check filed with the court was issued in Libby's name.

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has scheduled hearings Wednesday on Bush's commutation of Libby's 2-year sentence.

``Well, fine, knock himself out,'' Snow said of Conyers. ``I mean, perfectly happy. And while he's at it, why doesn't he look at January 20th, 2001?''

In the closing hours of his presidency, Clinton pardoned 140 people, including fugitive financier Marc Rich.

Conyers said the hearings would include pardons made by Clinton, former President Bush and possibly other past presidents. ``We won't need to review each and every one of them, but the whole idea is to examine to what use this part of our criminal law is being put and whether it's being used adequately or are their other changes necessary,'' Conyers told Fox News Radio.

President Clinton tried to draw a distinction between the pardons he granted, and Bush's decision to commute Libby's 30-month sentence in the CIA leak case.

``I think there are guidelines for what happens when somebody is convicted,'' Clinton told a radio interviewer Tuesday. ``You've got to understand, this is consistent with their philosophy; they believe that they should be able to do what they want to do, and that the law is a minor obstacle.''

Sen. Clinton, seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, said the Libby decision ``was clearly an effort to protect the White House. ... There isn't any doubt now, what we know is that Libby was carrying out the implicit or explicit wishes of the vice president, or maybe the president as well, in the further effort to stifle dissent.''

Former Vice President Al Gore said he found the Bush decision ``disappointing'' and said he did not think it was comparable to Clinton's pardons.

``It's different because in this case the person involved is charged with activities that involved knowledge of what his superiors in the White House did,'' Gore said on NBC's ``Today'' show Thursday.

Scott Stanzel, a White House deputy press secretary, said that, ``When you think about the previous administration and the 11th-hour, fire-sale pardons ... it's really startling that they have the gall to criticize what we believe is a very considered, a very deliberate approach to a very unique case.''

Snow also tried to clear up confusion about Libby's probation. While commuting Libby's sentence in terms of prison time, Bush left in place his two years of supervised release. But supervised release - a form of probation - is only available to people who have served prison time. Without prison, it's unclear what happens next.

Snow said the White House view was this: ``You treat it as if he has already served the 30 months, and probation kicks in. Obviously, the sentencing judge will figure out precisely how that works.''

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, earlier this week, said the law ``does not appear to contemplate a situation in which a defendant may be placed under supervised release without first completing a term of incarceration.''

He gave Libby's attorneys and Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald until Monday to respond.


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#1. To: Eoghan (#0)

Scott Stanzel, a White House deputy press secretary, said that, ``When you think about the previous administration and the 11th-hour, fire-sale pardons ... it's really startling that they have the gall to criticize what we believe is a very considered, a very deliberate approach to a very unique case.''

Wish this asshole could/would point out to everyone exactly who all the clinton pardoned at the fireside pardons party were for of people covering clinton's ass!

rowdee  posted on  2007-07-05   18:43:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: rowdee (#1)

a very considered, a very deliberate approach

Seems this "deliberate" approach didn't include consulting the Justice Department, and so Scooter will now skate on the two years probation...Presumably free to resume practicing law in Tel Aviv..

“Yes, but is this good for Jews?"

Eoghan  posted on  2007-07-05   18:45:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Eoghan, rowdee (#0)

``Well, fine, knock himself out,'' Snow said of Conyers. ``I mean, perfectly happy. And while he's at it, why doesn't he look at January 20th, 2001?''

In the closing hours of his presidency, Clinton pardoned 140 people, including fugitive financier Marc Rich.

Isn't ironic that Rich's lawyer was none other than......I. Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby.

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/03/02/clinton.library/

"We shall have world government whether or not you like it - by conquest or consent." - International financier and CFR member James Warburg Feb. 7, 1950

j.sulli  posted on  2007-07-05   23:52:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: j.sulli (#3) (Edited)

yeah.......the [Edit: to define the subject] political whores are all interchangeable, i.e., D and R....makes no difference, they are in bed with each other.

It used to get to me when you hear that the likes of a bob dole would join up with some law firm, i.e., vernon jordan's group (I don't recall if that is his group or not, this is just an example of crap that has been going on for a long time and the sheeple don't want to see it).

rowdee  posted on  2007-07-06   0:18:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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