Repbs allege Clinton intentionally released classified info while Cheney outed a covert CIA agent

[Bill USA]

and acted like it was nothing at all.

Plame Dares Call It Treason

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1. I guess it's ok then

[Bill USA]

3. outing a covert CIA agent is NOT okay, it's a felony & possibly an act of treason. Nobody was ever

charged with this crime. Nobody was sent to jail for identifying the agent. There is no comparison between HRC's handling of emails (which still awaits a decision as to whether any prosecution is warranted - See: The Hillary Clinton's email Scandal that Isn't) and the heinous act of outing a CIA covert agent. Scooter Libby was found guilty of [font size="3"]"four felonies for lying about his role in the leak of a covert CIA officer's identity", but Bush commuted his prison sentence...[/font]

Bush Commutes Libby's Prison Sentence

Bush said he decided to "respect" the jury's verdict that Libby was guilty of four felonies for lying about his role in the leak of a covert CIA officer's identity. But the president said ... that the 30-month sentence handed down by a judge last month was "excessive."

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Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald, who led the three-year leak investigation and was the chief prosecutor during Libby's trial, said he did not challenge the president's prerogative under the Constitution to commute prison sentences.

[font size="3"]But Fitzgerald disputed Bush's characterization of Libby's sentence as excessive, saying: "An experienced federal judge considered extensive argument from the parties and then imposed a sentence consistent with the applicable laws. It is fundamental to the rule of law that all citizens stand before the bar of justice as equals."[/font]

Fitzgerald said Libby "remains convicted by a jury of serious felonies"
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United States v. Libby

When Keith Olbermann interviewed former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, the husband of Valerie Plame, on the MSNBC television program Countdown with Keith Olbermann on the night of July 2, 2007,[font size="3"] Joe Wilson expressed his and others' outrage:[/font]

[font size="3"]"There is nothing this administration does that shocks me anymore—it is corrupt from top to bottom. ... American citizens were outraged that the president of the United States would short circuit the rule of law and the system of justice. ... We know in America the difference between right and wrong, even if this administration doesn't."[/font](Countdown with Keith Olbermann, July 3, 2007)

[font size="3"]Wilson repeated his complaint that the President's action and others' actions leading to Bush's commutation of Libby's sentence could [font color="red"]seriously damage United States national security by harming its intelligence capability[/font]—

"for the CIA, its covert officers, and for the agents that are recruited by officers, those who would put their lives at risk in order to obtain the intelligence we need will think long and hard about it when they see that the administration with impunity will betray its covert officers, will engage in treason.&quot Countdown with Keith Olbermann, July 3, 2007)

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On the following evening, in his "Special Comment," Olbermann called for both President Bush and Vice-President Cheney to resign.[52]
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[DURHAM D]

2. Huh?