tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976234.post8572249273216872964..comments2023-09-16T04:45:50.404-05:00Comments on Sleeping with The Devil: Scooter Rewarded for His Silence Re bush TreasonDervish Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976234.post-33888895753264878912007-07-09T19:27:00.000-05:002007-07-09T19:27:00.000-05:00Author and former White House counsel to Richard N...Author and former White House counsel to Richard Nixon, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Dean" REL="nofollow">John W. Dean</A>, on the I. "Scooter" Lewis Libby indictment...<BR/><BR/>"Cheney's standing has suffered mainly because Libby emerges as such a liability. Fitzgerald threw the book at him not for anything he said to reporters but for what he said to the FBI and the grand jury. The indictments suggest that the aide whose aim was to spin the war might have tried to spin the prosecutor. Lying was a remarkable act of stupidity on Libby's part, ...He's old enough to know better. He watched Watergate and Iran-contra. To try to pull the leg of the grand jury was really quite remarkable".<BR/><BR/>Remarkable, perhaps, but not unwise. No jail time and, I'm certain, he'll be pardoned shortly before bush leaves office. Telling the truth was absolutely out of the question. Why? Because then Congress would have no choice but to impeach BOTH bush and Cheney. <BR/><BR/>I agree with Al Gore who believes that "Libby [has] knowledge that could incriminate his bosses in the White House". Now that his sentence has been commuted there is ZERO incentive for him to tell the truth.<BR/><BR/>Cover-up accomplished.<BR/><BR/>BTW: the reason bush commuted Libby's sentence instead of issuing a pardon? Now, if called before Congress to testify he can take the fifth -- because he's appealing the convictions. A pardon would wipe out those convictions, and he would be unable to invoke the 5th amendment.Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.com