Friends of Scooter Libby Fear He'll Be Sent Immediately to Jail

[sabra]

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/blogs/news_blog/070530/friends_of_scooter_libby_fear.htm

When Lewis "Scooter" Libby is sentenced next month for his involvement in the Valerie Plame-CIA spy scandal, friends and legal allies fear that he will immediately be shipped to jail.

"I think that he will get some jail time and probably be sent away that day," said a member of the Libby Legal Defense Fund.

Libby's supporters plan to make the case again that the prosecution was politically motivated, spun out of control, and ended up nailing someone who wasn't even the leaker of Plame's name in the case. Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, however, has already dismissed those claims and added that Libby has shown no remorse for his acts. Fitzgerald is expected to push for a sentence of up to three years in prison for obstruction.

[LisaM]

1. Ooooh! Afraid he'll go to jail!

Don't they fear for OUR COUNTRY and the madmen who are running it?

Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.

[Tom Joad]

2. It would make my day.

[mike_c]

3. good-- let the example of Scooter in prison keep these bastards...

...awake at night!

[rurallib]

4. Friends of Scooter Libbey should fear his finding God while in the hole

As often happens when a person is finally punished for wrong doing he may turn a new leaf. And he might start talking. Could be good for Scoot's soul but bad for neo-CONS.

[rasputin1952]

5. He has friends?

who would have guessed...:shrug:

As for him going to jail, tough luck, maybe he should have thought of that BEFORE he broke the law!

[tblue]

6. I'm sure a lot of them are afraid THEY'll be sent to jail

[MissB]

7. Waaaaaaahhhh

[Missy Vixen]

8. Woo-hoo! The Wurlitzer's cranking up!

>friends and legal allies fear that he will immediately be shipped to jail.<

Hey, Barbara, is that you?

In the meantime, >Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, however, has already dismissed those claims and added that Libby has shown no remorse for his acts.<

I'm sure we'll see attacks on Mr. Fitzgerald (BTW, US World and News Report, his official title is "Special Counsel," NOT "Special Prosecutor",) in the right-wing press over the next week that make their comments earlier this year seem affectionate.

Can't wait till June 5th!

Julie
still president for life of the PFEB

[grasswire]

28. Barbara's a real piece of work, eh?

I still say that if Congress would get her under oath in the purge matter, we might see some progress.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

9. Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please.

I thought for sure they'd let him out awaiting appeal. But oh how sweet it would be to see him taken right then and there!

[Blackhatjack]

10. Immediate imprisonment for 2 1/2 yrs could convince Scooter to be more forthcoming...

Nothing like hearing those heavy metal doors shut every night to convince you that cooperating might not be such a bad idea --especially if there is no hope of a pardon anytime soon.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Here is the full violin treatmetn scoot

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[Cirque du So-What]

12. Did Scoots' buddies give a rat's ass about Valerie Plame,

Brewster Jennings, or anyone associated even peripherally with that operation when I. Lewis Libby decided to drop a dime on a clandestine CIA agent? Their lives were in immediate danger after he blew her cover; at least Scoots will still be sucking oxygen, getting three squares & a cot on which he can flop his neocon bag of guts at the end of the day!

I'm opposed to the death penalty, but Scoots needs to thank his lucky stars that he didn't get convicted of treason - the ideal legal outcome IMO. He may well have met the fate that met other traitors to national security.

[spanone]

13. Let's hope so....HE BROKE THE LAW....HE LIED....CONVICTED CRIMINAL

[texas1928]

14. the prosecution was politically motivated, spun out of control, and ended up nailing someone...

who wasn't even the leaker...

Well if that is the case he could save his one neck and give up the person or persons who were. It is real simple. Don't take the fall for someone else. I guess I don't know blind loyalty. But if my ass was going to jail and I did not do it, I would be giving up who did. But he is still guilty, he is obstructing justice by not telling the truth.

[Ino]

15. I hope Libby is more afraid than they are!

Dunno why they're afraid. He'll be safe there. He'll have time to spin his next fantasy novel about imprisoning & raping little girls.

[cassiepriam]

16. They should be thankful that he was not tried for treason.

[H2O Man]

17. Judge Walton

is not impressed in a good way by either Scooter or his defense attorneys.

[Norquist Nemesis]

18. Maybe Dick gave him a friend call or invited him over for lunch

Wasn't Walton the same one that made the ruling Cheney didn't have to provide the list of 'advisors' for his energy policy?

[H2O Man]

21. Judge Walton

may make the "letters of support" for Scooter part of the public record. That has Team Libby and the necroconservatives rather upset. They are planning an "offensive" to begin on sentencing day, and to churn out dis- and misinformation through the summer months.

Judge Walton tends to be very conservative. His interpretation of the law frequently is rather rigid. This had concerned some progressive democrats when he was assigned the Libby case. Myself and others believed it would work against Scooter, and it did. It's a giile that the necroconservatives can't blame a "liberal judge."

[WinkyDink]

19. And we should care because...? Other than its not being SOON ENOUGH?

[KansDem]

20. Hey, Scooter! Your tailor called. Your new suit is ready.

Still working on the matching 'cuffs...

[jaysunb]

22. Now, that's funny ....

maybe they could stitch "SCOOTER"in the name tag area...

[catmandu57]

23. And so he should

immediately be led from the courtroom in handcuffs as befits a convicted felon.

[dogday]

24. Go directly to jail--Do not collect 200.00 dollars

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.....

[BuyingThyme]

25. Let me just say this:

:woohoo:

[BuyingThyme]

26. dupe

[alcibiades_mystery]

27. Friends of convicted felon fear he'll be shipped to prison at sentencing

Well, yeah, douchebags. That's what a sentencing for a convicted felon usually looks like!

Your friend is a convicted felon. He is being sentenced for having committed a felony. Expect that he will get prison time under federal guidelines! Fucking duh.

[Binka]

29. I Love You AM

You just fucking nail it BABY!

[alcibiades_mystery]

32. Hey there!

Long time no hear from.

Hope all is well in Binka world!

The treatment "poor Libby" receives from the press is remarkable. They behave as if he hasn't been duly convicted of a serious felony in a federal criminal court. "Friends fear he'll be sent to jail." I should hope not. I hope he'll be sent to fucking federal PRISON, where he belongs.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

30. First thing that comes to my mind: he'll have full health care.

That's more than tens of millions of law-abiding Americans enjoy.

I mean, shit,...am I suppose to feel sorry for a man whose loyalties are to a cabal that doesn't give a rat's crap about their own people? Give me a break!!!

[Jed Dilligan]

31. I'm imagining seven guys locked up together

Nicknames: Wolf, Spike, Butch, Killer, Pirate, Monster, and... Scooter.


Like a tiny-two-wheeled scooter.

[DemReadingDU]

33. evening kick

[mitchum]

34. Fuck the concerns of anyone who is friends with that piece of shit