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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Lewis Scooter Libby

Lewis Scooter Libby stories: 48 news summaries

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Bring Justice to Libby: Fine Him

Bush can keep Scooter free without letting him off the hook, former attorney says

Jun 7, 07 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former federal prosecutor and Bush 41 lawyer William Otis suggests a third way on Scooter Libby—between pardon and prison. The rule of law demands some penalty for leaking Valerie Plame's identity, says Otis, but "a sense of proportionality" rules out sending Libby to the hoosegow. The court's... More »

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presidential pardon • Lewis Scooter Libby • conviction • sentencing • jail • George W. Bush

Pardon Me?

Will Bush let a former caporegime off the hook for old time's sake?

Jun 6, 07 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday's steep sentence for Scooter Libby is forcing Bush's hand on a possible pardon for the convicted perjurer. Judge Reggie Walton probably won't let Cheney's former chief of staff remain free pending appeals, WaPo reports, so the president is short on time if he wants to spare a close and... More »

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White House • presidential pardon • Lewis Scooter Libby • neocon • George W. Bush

Libby Draws
30 Months,
$250K Fine

Judge says VP's
former right-hand man 'got off course'

Jun 5, 07 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The vice president's ex-chief of staff will spend 30 months in prison and pay a $250,000 fine for lying to federal investigators about his role in blowing a CIA agent's cover. Judge Reggie Walton cited "overwhelming evidence" of Scooter Libby's guilt in sentencing him today on charges of... More »

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Bush administration • Valerie Plame • Patrick Fitzgerald • CIA leak investigation • Reggie Walton • Lewis Scooter Libby • perjury

Give Scooter
a Jail Break

One group's rooting for probation as the man who wouldn't snitch
is sentenced

Jun 5, 07 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Scooter Libby facing sentencing today for perjury in the Valerie Plame affair, Salon's Joseph Cooper asks his English class at the Webster Correctional Institution in Connecticut what punishment they would impose. The student cons go for probation, on the grounds that Libby's only crime was that he didn't snitch. More »

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Valerie Plame • White House • Lewis Scooter Libby • sentencing • perjury • press leaks

Plame Files Suit Against CIA

Ex-spy, publisher accuse agency
of interfering
with her memoir

May 31, 07 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The former CIA agent whose cover was blown, leading to the perjury conviction of the vice president's former top aide, is suing the agency for interfering with the publication of her memoir. Valerie Plame Wilson and Simon & Schuster, the publisher of Fair Game, filed suit in federal... More »

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CIA • Valerie Plame • investigation • CIA leak investigation • Simon and Schuster • Lewis Scooter Libby • lawsuit

Prosecutor Keeps an Eye
on Cheney

Froomkin: Even after the fact, CIA leak case evidence leads to VP

May 30, 07 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scooter Libby is about to be sentenced, but the government prosecutor and lawyers for the VP's ex-chief of staff aren't letting up, the Washington Post's Dan Froomkin blogs today. The jousting continued in a court filing last week in which, Froomkin posits, "the special counsel evidently felt obliged to... More »

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Dick Cheney • CIA • Patrick Fitzgerald • investigation • White House • CIA leak investigation • Lewis Scooter Libby

Libby's PR Flop

Scooter Libby: Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Guilty

Mar 18, 07 8:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Wolff attends the trial of Scooter Libby, concluding that Cheney's factotum was hung, drawn, and quartered because he failed to do well what Republicans have always (until now) done well: PR.  More »

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media • Dick Cheney • press • trial • Lewis Scooter Libby • Tim Russert • George W. Bush

Futures Market Predicts Libby Pardon   

Online traders put their money on
Scooter walking

Mar 11, 07 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Traders at the online market Intrade.com betting big that President Bush will pardon Scooter Libby.  CNN reports that at the "prediction market," where people buy and sell futures contracts on real-world events, 63 percent of traders are bullish on the prospect of Libby receiving a pardon... More »

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Internet • trade • Intrade • futures contracts • Lewis Scooter Libby • George W. Bush

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