Bush NOT sorry over CIA leak

Who's NOT sorry now?

That would be GW Bush. Hey, folks, he's not sorry about much...he's going to get his oil sharing revenues out of Iraq - which is why he's there - he's going to continue stonewalling Congress on their investigations - and he's not sorry he knows who outed CIA agent Valerie Plame.

The president, who had vowed to fire anyone who leaked Plame's identity to the media and later said that any lawbreakers would be "taken care of," suggested without naming names that a quick confession might have been best.

"I'm aware of the fact that perhaps somebody in the administration did disclose the name of that person, and I've often thought about what would have happened had that person come forth and said, 'I did it,'" he said.

"Would we have had this, you know, endless hours of investigation and a lot of money being spent on this matter? But it's been a tough issue for a lot of people in the White House, and it's run its course and now we're going to move on," he said.

It was unclear whether Bush was referring to Libby, senior White House political strategist Karl Rove, or former press secretary Ari Fleischer, all of whom discussed Plame with reporters.

But the comment seemed directed at former deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage, who with Rove was a source of the July 2003 newspaper column that named Plame and her CIA job, touching off the investigation.

Scooter Libby on going to jail: "Mom! It's not fair!"

Buh bye, Scooter.

Judge sends Scooter Libby straight to prison, no delay for appeals

Scooter Libby will not be allowed to remain free while his lawyers appeal the 30-month sentence he received after being convicted of lying to investigators during the CIA leak investigation, according to media reports.The former White House adviser could be sent to federal prison within weeks, according to the Associated Press.

Update at 2 p.m. ET: White House spokeswoman Dana Perino says President Bush doesn't plan to comment on the judge's decision. "Scooter Libby still has the right to appeal, and therefore the president will continue not to intervene in the judicial process," she says. "The president feels terribly for Scooter, his wife and their young children, and all that they're going through."

The Associated Press reports that Libby and Patrick Fitzgerald, the federal prosecutor, left the courtroom without speaking to reporters.

Update at 2:12 p.m. ET: As expected, Libby's lawyers plan to seek an emergency order from the appeals court staying execution of the judge's sentence, according to The Washington Post

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Libby didn't get his "Get Out of Jail Free" Card, Afterall

Who's really, really sorry now?

Probablly the lawyers. No, really. Oh, and Irving Lewis Libby, who's on his way to jail for 30 months, butstill MAY get pardoned. He is NOT our favorite AT ALL. He's a kiddie porn author, a neocon of the worst type, and a liar and a cheat.

Federal District Judge Reggie B. Walton sentenced former top White House Aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to 30 months in federal prison Tuesday morning in Washington, DC. The sentence came in spite of the pleadings of many Libby friends and associates who said his commitment to public service justified leniency. Libby will also pay a $250,000 fine, and be subject to two years of probation.

Paris goes to jail, Libby doesn't?

Get a clue.

Sometimes things are really mixed up in our famous justice system. Ok, we think Paris was a dope to drive drunk while on probation...duh. Paris, what were you thinking? Gonna be a long, strange trip, my friend.

But they're talking about Scooter Libby getting not just pardoned, but CLEMENCY? And leading the charge is...wait for it....Fred Thompson? Talk about strange bedfellows!

The Cost of Clemency: The White House's Dilemma Regarding the Libby Sentencing If Watergate had any lesson, it was that when someone connected to the White House is heading for prison, it is dangerous for the president or those close to him to even think about - not to mention talk about - clemency.

With Friends Like Thompson, Libby's Pardon Is In Doubt Judge Walton has agreed to make public the hundred-some letters he has received from present and former government officials regarding the Libby pardon. After Judge Walton sentences Libby, the world will know if the rumor as to his truly having cojones is correct -- for if Walton does tell Libby to surrender forthwith to the Federal Bureau of Prison, the campaign to "Free Scooter" will begin in earnest.

Valerie Plame does it for Waxman

Who's accepting the invitation to testify March 16 before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, headed by Henry Waxman?

That would be Ms. Valerie Plame Wilson, outed CIA agent and the center of the Irving Libby case. (please, don't call him SCOOTER). This should be one of the best tickets in town.....a NOT ANNA NICOLE blonde bombshell lighting up the camera with, hopefully, some juicy testimony about her hubby, her cover, her country.

AP The hearing will be the first public forum at which Plame has agreed to answer questions. At a news conference in July announcing a lawsuit against Libby and other Bush administration officials, Plame read a short statement but did not respond to questions.

"The trial proceedings raise questions about whether senior White House officials, including the vice president and Senior Adviser to the President Karl Rove, complied with the requirements governing the handling of classified information," Waxman wrote in his invitation to Fitzgerald.

"They also raise questions about whether the White House took appropriate remedial action following the leak and whether the existing requirements are sufficient to protect against future leaks," Waxman added. "Your perspective on these matters is important."

Libby - "I didn't do it"

Who's using the "who, me?" defense?

Irving Lewis Scooter Libby'. We're watching the slow mo downfall of a once powerful man as old friends are apparently all to happy to stab him in the back! He's claiming "I didn't do it".

Libby's in fact a walking target. A stooge. A fall guy. A patsy. A pussy. A marked man. A sacrificial lamb. What-ev-uh, dude. You're toast, any way you slice it.

Wonkette:
Addington, an evil mastermind/lawyer, is the dude who actually wrote Gonzales’ torture memo, and he’s partially responsible for the Niger yellowcake bullshit that started this whole mess. Dude helped cover up Iran-Contra, and he first worked for Cheney when Dick was in congress.

Addington revealed this Bart Simpsonian defense: “I just want to tell you, I didn’t do it,” Addington recalled Libby saying. “I didn’t ask what the ‘it’ was.”

Addington has screwed Libby more than Fleischer did, because he’s got documentation that Libby knew his leaks might be illegal. Unfortunately, he has a beard, so the jury won’t believe a word he says.

Jury seated in Irving Lewis Libby's trial

Kiddie porn author and accused felony liar Irving Lewis Libby's jury is finally seated. (we refuse to call him Scooter).

We followed most of the events of last year regarding Libby, who is not only a kiddie porn author, but a master neo-con-artist and overall slimebag - who's mentor is sharp-shooter Dick Cheney.

We asked back then, and still believe, Bush may end up pardoning Libby, as we all shake our heads in disgust.

B A jury that includes four critics of the Bush administration's Iraq policies was seated Monday to try former White House aide "Scooter" Libby on charges of lying about what he told reporters about the wife of a prominent war opponent.

The jury of nine women and three men was seated after a nearly hour- long court session that was as silent as a professional chess match. Prosecutors and defense attorneys consulted in whispers, then handled papers to the clerk to exercise their 20 unexplained strikes of potential jurors.