Now, I’m mad. Obviously, Scooter Libby made a mistake…talking to prosecutors at all. While I absolutely do not believe that Libby should be pardoned, today’s Wall Street Journal makes a compelling case at least for prosecutorial abuse of power. The simple fact is that nobody violated the law with respect to Valerie Plame and she […]
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Now, I’m mad. Obviously, Scooter Libby made a mistake…talking to prosecutors at all. While I absolutely do not believe that Libby should be pardoned, today’s Wall Street Journal makes a compelling case at least for prosecutorial abuse of power. The simple fact is that nobody violated the law with respect to Valerie Plame and she and her husband used the whole affair to get their 15 minutes while enemies of the Iraq war just used it as a proxy war of the their own against the Bush administration. This whole thing is just another example of just how far from justice our judicial system strays, especially when there is a political motivation.
Another article in today’s Wall Street Journal correctly points out that the real lesson of this case is to plead the 5th whenever a prosecutor ever wants you to answer any questions.
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