Liar, Liar, Fall Guy
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted Tuesday of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI in an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity.
Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was accused of lying and obstructing the investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity to reporters.
Libby faced two counts of perjury, two counts of lying to the FBI and one count of obstruction of justice.
Libby was found guilty on all counts with the exception of being acquitted of one count of lying to the FBI.
During the trial, eight witnesses, including an undersecretary of state, two CIA officials, two top Cheney aides, two reporters and former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said they discussed Plame with Libby in a one month span before Plame's CIA employment was publicly revealed.
Libby faces up to 30 years in prison, though under federal sentencing guidelines likely will receive far less.
I. Lewis Libby, Cheney & Bush fall guy, about to get the same treatment as Nixon fall guy G. Gordon Liddy...
Lucky for Libby, Cheney and Bush as their behavior to date has been at the least, treasonous in the extreme, and the penalty for that in a time of war is death.
Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was accused of lying and obstructing the investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity to reporters.
Libby faced two counts of perjury, two counts of lying to the FBI and one count of obstruction of justice.
Libby was found guilty on all counts with the exception of being acquitted of one count of lying to the FBI.
During the trial, eight witnesses, including an undersecretary of state, two CIA officials, two top Cheney aides, two reporters and former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said they discussed Plame with Libby in a one month span before Plame's CIA employment was publicly revealed.
Libby faces up to 30 years in prison, though under federal sentencing guidelines likely will receive far less.
I. Lewis Libby, Cheney & Bush fall guy, about to get the same treatment as Nixon fall guy G. Gordon Liddy...
Lucky for Libby, Cheney and Bush as their behavior to date has been at the least, treasonous in the extreme, and the penalty for that in a time of war is death.
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