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I Beg Your Pardon
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Mark Netter
March 09, 2007
Before anyone opens their mouth about a pardon, just answer one question: "Is it sometimes okay to lie to a Federal investigator, i.e. a Federal prosecutor or FBI agent?"
If you answered "No," move on to "No Pardon".
If
you answered "Yes," then: "Who gets to decide when it's o.k. to lie while
under Oath to a Federal investigator working to uncover the truth in an
alleged crime?"
Do you?
Do I?
Do we let Dick Cheney be the one guy who decides for everyone?
Sam Seder breaks it down:
I think Libby is sort of like a gateway drug for Conservatives to truth. And if they accept the fact that Scooter Libby was convicted of these crimes, then they have to ask, well, why did he lie? Who was he protecting? Well, obviously we saw in the trial he was protecting Dick Cheney. And then the question becomes, why was Dick Cheney so obsessed with smearing Joe Wilson over these charges that he supposedly thought were real about yellowcake uranium.The bottom line is that sure, other guys should have been indicted as well, but their criminal conspiracy was successful enough that there was only sufficient evidence to prosecute the designated fall guy. Enough guilt for him. But any further investigation and prosecution is up to the new Democratic Congress.
So I think at the end of the day, it's a question of Conservatives; they just don't want to go down that road, because if they come to that conclusion that many Americans have, over 50% certainly of the country, that the Bush Administration lied us into the War in Iraq.
Meet (my very own) Congressman, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA).
Crossposted to Nettertainment.
