Crime, What Crime? Let's review. Scooter Libby disclosed the name of an uncover CIA agent working on nuclear proliferation to the press and then lied about it to the FBI and a federal grand jury. The leak compromised not just Ms. Plame but the entire uncover CIA operation she was part of. This constitutes disclosure of national security information. Prior to the Libby conviction, this is what the administration had to say about the situation:
Note: Mr. Libby's defense has been that the President and Vice President authorized his leaking of classified information. Now the president has determined Mr. Libby shall spend not one day in jail for his crimes. No one in the Bush administration is ever held accountant for its monumental errors in judgment nor violations of law. So it goes. Here is what Patrick Fitzgerald thought about the commutation. 07/03/2007. Add CommentPermalink
Crime, What Crime? Let's review. Scooter Libby disclosed the name of an uncover CIA agent working on nuclear proliferation to the press and then lied about it to the FBI and a federal grand jury. The leak compromised not just Ms. Plame but the entire uncover CIA operation she was part of. This constitutes disclosure of national security information. Prior to the Libby conviction, this is what the administration had to say about the situation: