When one juror said afterwards : "I will say there was a tremendous amount of sympathy for Mr. Libby on the jury. It was said a number of times, 'What are we doing with this guy here? Where's Rove? Where are these other guys?' " Collins said. "I'm not saying we didn't think Mr. Libby was guilty of the things we found him guilty of. It seemed like he was, as Mr. Wells put it, he was the fall guy."
What is the next step?
2007-03-06 07:32:50 · 5 answers · asked by hungryhart 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Ms. Plame's identity was leaked by the current administration because they were mad at her husband(a gov official sent to Africa to investigate uranium enrichment) for daring to come forward to expose the fact that pre-war intelligence was inaccurate. He said that every time they met r/e possible WMD pre-war intelligence, Mr. Cheney & associates kept insisting over and over that they should "go back and look further." His opinion was that the intelligence about WMD was coming from only one source, Saddam Hussein's rival.
There's a dvd called "The Dark Side" in which Ms. Plame's husband and other high up officials give interviews as to what happened leading up to the war & that he believes that his wife's identity was leaked by Cheney's office in retribution for not going along with the administration.
I believe Mr. Libby is their scapegoat and will be pardoned before the president leaves office.
2007-03-06 08:04:48 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
everyone who somewhat observed this trial knows that for the jury again back with a not in charge verdict might have signaled corruption and payoff. it somewhat is how great the information replaced into. Libby made a great mistake whilst he chosen Tim Russert to purpose and sluff this off on. Russert's acceptance is untarnished and he's considered as an rather easy guy. His testimony replaced into the remarkable nail in Libby's coffin. i'm very chuffed justice replaced into served. I additionally sense very cynical approximately how Cheney ended up being excused from attesting. Had he long gone in and caught up for Libby, he'd be perfect interior the warm seat approximately now - not that he's not already. This trial raised many questions yet to be responded - and none of those questions are sturdy for the Bush administration. Libby's allure will basically serve to propagate those questions and that i doubt if Cheney would be excused the subsequent time around.
2016-10-17 10:18:07 · answer #2 · answered by olis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. Obsiously he committed a crime and will pay for it. However, we must not let politics get involved in smearing a bunch of other names just for political reasons. Many people have commended the proscuter (patrick Fitzgerald) for his work on this case. So by that logic, isn't it safe to take him at his word when he says that his investigation lead to no one else.
2007-03-06 07:38:14 · answer #3 · answered by tobcol 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Bush has already leaked his intention to pardon "Scooter" to test the waters, and see if it would be the final straw.
2007-03-07 04:57:56 · answer #4 · answered by Gaspode 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
technically...yes...he was convicted by a jury of his peers.
actually...probably not...there was no crime committed in the investigation which he obstructed. Also, questions as to the competancy and objectivity of the jury are being raised.
2007-03-06 07:37:04 · answer #5 · answered by Cato 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋