Judge received threats after Libby sentencing

[homeopathic]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal judge who oversaw I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's CIA leak trial said Thursday that he received threatening letters and phone calls after sentencing the former White House aide to prison.

"I received a number of angry, harassing mean-spirited phone calls and letters," U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said. "Some of those were wishing bad things on me and my family."

Walton made the remarks as he opened a hearing into whether to delay Libby's 2 1/2-year sentence. He said he was holding the letters in case something happened but said they would have no effect on Thursday's decision.


Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/12/cia.leak.trial.ap/

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If U.S. judges are subject to political harassment from the neo-con Nazis and their ilk, who of us is really safe anymore? What other judges, witnesses and whistle blowers have been threatened?

[johnnie]

1. Damn wacky libruls

:eyes:

[fooj]

2. Welcome to DU!

Where's the AG? Why isn't the DOJ holding a press conference and clearly stating that anyone threatening a judge, witness or whistleblower will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law?

Nevermind. :grr:

[poverlay]

4. No really... Good point. On edit I would like to point out that I am using my

last pre-1000 post post for solidarity. I hope you appreciate me!

Now I must think long and hard on my 1000th post topic. It must be deep. Oh the pressure.

I suppose you're all wondering why I called you here today...
:freak:

[fooj]

6. I noticed that you were at 999

An honor, indeed!!!:hi:

[spotbird]

5. LOL nt

[Kikosexy2]

9. You've seem to...

forgotten...in Bushie World...whistleblowers, good honest patriots are no longer protected...Satan is sooo proud of Georgie...

[chelsea0011]

3. Terrorism Alert! Code Red! Call Homeland Security!

And I ain't joking. This RW crowd of evil haters must be stopped.

[liberal N proud]

13. Not when the threats come from the PNAC or those sympathetic to their agenda

[onehandle]

7. Freepers doing what comes naturally. nt

[northofdenali]

8. There are no worse domestic terrorists

than those who would threaten the rule of law and the Constitution. Hello, neocons!

Where's the DOJ's immediate and tough response? Yeah. Right.

[homeopathic]

10. This should be investigated by the FBI,

with warrants issued to the phone companies for the records of the incoming calls, but Robert Mueller and Alberto Gonzales will sit on any investigation lest it lead to some of those who sent letters to Walton requesting leniency and even clemency. If Walton is being threatened, one can imagine what kinds of threats his colleague on the bench, Judge Gladys Kessler, is receiving as she deliberates on releasing the "Washington Madam's" phone records.

[northofdenali]

11. I'm afraid it'll get worse before it gets better.

BTW, homeopathic, welcome to DU - terrific starter post!

[homeopathic]

12. Thanks for the heads up!

I usually just read the posts here but come across allot of news and stories that should be shared and reported due to the lackeys in the mainstream media. Stories such as this and "ATTORNEYGATE" greatly affect our Liberty and democracy.

[19jet54]

14. Nothing new really...

... which is why the law allows Judges to carry concealed weapons everywhere they go, including the courtroom, under their robes.

Judge Roy Bean carried his pistols in the open & always had plenty of protection (people & arms) around to uphold the law.

According to the myth, Roy Bean named his saloon and town after the love of his life, Lily Langtry, a British actress he'd never met. Calling himself the "Law West of the Pecos," he is reputed to have kept a pet bear in his courtroom and sentenced dozens to the gallows, saying "Hang 'em first, try 'em later."
http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/aug/papr/du_roybean.html

Re-Pukes are just the new "hole-in-the-wall gang" doing whatever they wish, until now!!!!!! GO JUDGE (If you need somebody to watch your back, give me a call; I'll help, as will many others - we are a nation of laws, not dictators & criminals - an' take his "Scooter" away too :) )

[tom_paine]

15. That judge is being FREEPED.

Naturally, because it comes from Loyal Bushies, this terroristic behavior will go unpunished, like the Loyal Bushie who sent anthrax to the Democrats...

[depakid]

18. Sooner or later people from that hate site will perpetrate violence

it's only a matter of time....

[tom_paine]

23. If they haven't already.

How could we tell? Any investigation that comes near exposing Bushevik malfeasance, particularly one that brings attention to the nature of the Bushevik Stormtroopers, will be tanked like the Anthrax Mailer Investigation.

[Jack Rabbit]

16. Did any of them sound like Karl Rove or the Big Dick?

[madrchsod]

17. the next few years are going to be very dangerous

the republicans started this hatred of the judiciary now we will all pay the price

[homeopathic]

19. From fired attorneys to murdered attorneys

It doasn't take Sherlock to figure out this judge in the Libby sentencing is letting this be known because he is genuinely concerned for himself and family. The media should be reporting more on this.
_uck! Paris Hilton

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[Gregorian]

20. Let me guess- NSA wasn't listening in on any of them.

Just a wild ass guess.

But really, it should be a pretty easy thing to ID the callers.

[wordpix]

21. Freepers probably don't know Walton is a repub appointed by Bush 41

[HuffleClaw]

22. hell, 'they' (freepers, lgf-types...) routinely threaten people who so much as write a LTTE

i can't imagine the harrassment officials must endure

[knight_of_the_star]

24. This should be fully prosecuted

Anyone trying to corrupt the criminal justice system by use of threats of any kind should be tried under the same standards and statutes that are used when prosecuting the Mafia, this kind of behavior is no different and should be treated as such.