Should Scooter be pardoned?

Question

Why or why not?

Answer 1

No. He committed a crime and should have to pay just like anyone else.

Answer 2

No pardon. He materially obstructed an investigation into a real crime, and a major breach of our national security.

Furthermore, he did it for petty, bullying political payback and intimidation. That's pretty low.

Now for those who get their (mis)information from Fox, let's put aside the myths now. The truth is that Valerie Plame WAS a covert operative, she had travelled overseas in that capacity several times, WMD proliferation efforts (in Iraq and Iran, no less) and entire covert networks were compromised and people who were "turned" and helping probably lost their lives once Plame and her front company were exposed.

Fitzgerald laid out that there was, indeed, an "underlying" crime, and the CIA confirmed her status. Should we believe a squeeky-clean Republican-appointed prosecutor with a great track record, plus the actual CIA about what her status was, or the RNC's talking points?

Novak should do hard time for this, as much as anyone.

As for the argument that "no one was convicted for the underlying crime" - that's exactly why he SHOULD go to jail. He successfully obstructed them from getting to the heart of the matter, which is what he was convicted of.

You don't reward someone for doing a good job of obstructing.

If someone disappears, and I'm a link in an investigation into the mafia for snuffing him out, and I send the authorities on wild goose chases, chasing bad leads, investigating dead ends and chasing down my lies, until the perpetrators are able to get away and destroy evidence, should I get off scott-free because I did a great job of helping to cover up the crime? Of course not.

Scooter should go, and he should serve his time. If he gets pardoned, THEN he should be tried again for outing the agent, directly.

Answer 3

After the years long witch-hunt of Ken Starr for a President who lied about a knob-job, hell no. However I would be willing to bet the President pardons him before he leaves office but not the border patrol agents. I despise this President and his administration for what they have done to my country and its laws. Rule of law, get real. It's more like the golden rule. He who has the gold, makes the rules.

Answer 4

If he is guilty, he should be held accountable just like any other American you see walking on the street today. A jail sentence is proper. He should not be pardoned for his actions.

Answer 5

Scooter Libbey should get the exact same punishment that Sandy Berger got. Remember him? The guy that stuffed classified documents down his pants and socks then destroyed them to keep the 911 commission from seeing them

Answer 6

He will be pardoned on January 19th, 2009 - that being sufficient time served but still unfair unless he finally admits to doing wrong and apologizes to the rest of us citizens and taxpayers.

Answer 7

No. He should have received a stiffer sentence. By the time a person reaches the inner circles of the Executive Branch, they should have more respect for the workings of our government. Make an example of him, or more will follow in his wake.

Answer 8

Scooter being convicted was all a phony political deal.
The Clintons aren't in prison.
Neither are:
Reid
Pelosi
Obama
Jefferson
Scott
Mollohan
Feinstein
All of these have been caught in Corruption.
But they are all Above The Law.

Answer 9

Yes. He was railroaded by the prosecutor and the judge in the case. At least one juror seems to have voted for conviction to get ammunition to write a book.

Answer 10

Hell no! Even if he was a scape goat for those turds in the WH he didn't have brains enough to decline. Valerie Plame's life was put in danger. I think he should have been charged with attempted murder!

Answer 11

To begin with, he didn't do anything. They have yet
to prove it, so he shouldn't even go to jail. If the liberals
put him there anyway, Bush should indeed pardon him.