Did Libby do the noble thing by protecting Bush and Cheney?

Question

Bush did not serve his country honorably (AWOL)-Cheney (5) deferrments-are definitely not the courageous type-why did Libby protect these two (and more)-Maybe he felt that what he knew could bring down the Bush Adm. and as much as I don't like Bush-it would be bad for the whole country for our government to be in a postion of shame and collapse-lets just get Bush out and just move on-22 mos. left.

Answer 1

It reminds me when Clinton lied under oath as a sitting president. It was ok then because he only lied about cheating on his wife, regardless that there was a Federal sexual assault lawsuit against him.

Answer 2

So this is what I learned from trying to follow the trial. Libby leaked information about Valerie Plame who was a working journalist who was also a paid CIA source. She was not really an agent in the sense of being an active intelligence gathering spy she was a journalist who was accepting money to pass informatoin along to US intelligence gathering agencies, most notably the CIA. For a working journalist to act as a spy endangers freedom of the press in that it gives credence to foreign powers refusing to allow American reporters into areas because they are spies. Being able to have reporters tell us whatis happening abroad is an important thing and not having them be intelligence whores is part of that. From the very git/go that is a problem that Valerie Plame created. The next thing is that Libby leaked information on a journalist being an intelligence agent to another reporter who passed it along to Tim Russert from NBC who in turn outed Valerie Plame as an agency/reporter. This is so incredibly convoluted! Did Libby out Valerie or did the press out her? Did the press out the press? Libby did not put in in the paper, he let a reporter know who then, like a heroin addict, put the informaton into the public domain. During the trial the reporters who actually outed Valerie Plame acted as though they were shocked that they had to out her but there was no indication that a gun was held to Russert's head to report it. He just did. I can recall instances in the past when journalists make huge moral stands against the CIA wants to debrief them when the come back from some world hot sport. They are freaking outraged that the CIA wants them to do that...but Valerie Plame was doing that, actively and for money and there was no outrage. Could it be that the chance to smear Bush was worth purging all of those journalistic ethics so stronlgy held until this opportunity came along? Yeah think so. So this was a political trial, much ado about nothing, with people holding completely conficting views at the same time..and we are supposed to be excited about this. No, its politics.. Right or left, its just politics and it stinks and is not important just because the press wanted to make it sound important. All politicians suck and almost as much as all journalists.

Answer 3

The short answer is no.

But a side observation: Libby will probably publish a valuable book when he gets out of jail. Then he won't be protecting anyone, and he'll make money from the experience too.

Answer 4

Plame denied recommending her husband for the Nigerian holiday. She suggested she did no longer bear in mind, and outright denied it under oath. The protection criminal expert's produced her hand written memo recommending her husband. I nevertheless think of they call that perjury. in case you perjur your self in court docket it makes something of any testimony you furnish suspect. i think of in addition they should fee her with perjury.

Answer 5

Libby, like Mark Rich, will be pardoned.

Answer 6

he may have thought he was doing a noble thing, but he did not fool anyone though.

Answer 7

Yeah maybe, if this were the Sopranos. It ain't.