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Former Vice President Dick Cheney says his ex-chief of staff, "Scooter" Libby, was left hanging in the wind because George W. Bush didn't pardon him.
Vice President Dick Cheney made repeated pleas to President George W. Bush to pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby in the closing weeks of the administration, say individuals familiar with the effort.
Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr. will not fight to keep his law license in Pennsylvania.
Former top White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was banned Thursday from practicing law in the nation's capital following his perjury conviction in the case of a CIA operative's leaked identity. The disbarment order of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals had been expected.
W.R. Grace & Co. has agreed to reimburse the federal government $250 million for the investigation and cleanup of asbestos contamination blamed for sickening hundreds of people, some fatally, in the northwestern Montana town of Libby.
President Bush refused to explain to Congress on Wednesday why he commuted the prison sentence of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. The husband of the CIA agent outed in the case testified during a House hearing that the clemency grant had cast a pall of suspicion over the presidency.
President Bush's commutation of a prison term for a former aide to Vice President Cheney did not play well with the public or even Republicans, a survey found.
House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers exhorted President Bush Monday to allow top aides to explain to Congress why Bush commuted I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence.
The Democrat probing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of a former White House aide said Sunday there is "the suspicion" the aide might have fingered others in the Bush administration if he served time.
The White House on Thursday made fun of former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for criticizing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
President Bush on Tuesday refused to rule out an eventual pardon for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, leaving open the chance he may wipe away the former White House aide's criminal record after already erasing his prison sentence.
President Bush on Tuesday left open the possibility of an eventual pardon for former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
President Bush's statement on Monday in sparing former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby from a 2 1/2-year prison term:
In the nearly six weeks since his close friend and former chief of staff was convicted of lying and obstructing an investigation, Vice President Dick Cheney has not once spoken to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
Attorneys for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby believe that NBC News holds a key to clearing him of perjury and obstruction charges in the CIA leak case.
Sworn testimony in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has shone a spotlight on White House attempts to sell a gone-wrong war in Iraq to the nation and Vice President Dick Cheney's aggressive role in the effort.
Tim Russert, an unrelenting interrogator as host of NBC's "Meet the Press," said Friday it was painful having the tables turned on him by lawyers defending former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby against perjury and obstruction charges.
At the start of the Bush presidency, Dick Cheney was viewed as the grown-up, the seasoned hand to guide an inexperienced president. Now, he's the center of controversy.
A former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney told a federal grand jury that his superiors authorized him to give secret information to reporters as part of the Bush administration's defense of intelligence used to justify invading Iraq, according to court papers.
Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald is raising the possibility that records sought in the CIA leak investigation could be missing because of an e-mail archiving problem at the White House.
Emptywheel » White House to Restore Emails from Plame Cover-Up PeriodThat list includes almost all of the most suspect dates when email was missing, most notably the period (between September 29 and October 7, 2003) when Dick Cheney and Scooter Libby were working on a cover story in Jackson Hole.
Cheney FBI Interview Must Be Released, Judge Says"The American people deserve to know the truth about the role the vice president played in exposing Mrs. Wilson's covert identity," Sloan said. "High-level government officials should not be permitted to hide their misconduct from public view."
Pundits Trying to Help Cheney Avoid JailThe stenographers of the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM) are missing the most obvious explanation for former Vice President Dick Cheney's widely reported "disappointment" with former President George W. Bush on the issue of pardons - self-interest.
The Man Who Knew Cheney's SecretAccording to Hersh's sources the program was operational, leaving a trail of bodies, while The Times cited officials saying the CIA hit squad never actually carried out a mission. 'I said what I said, they can always say what they say,' Hersh told The Daily Beast.
Jury acquits W.R. Grace, 3 execs in asbestos caseW.R. Grace & Co. and three former executives were acquitted Friday of federal charges that they knowingly allowed residents of northwestern Montana town to be exposed to asbestos from its vermiculite mine.
Obama and Frank Make "Bonus" a Dirty Word...War on Wealth ContinuesObama is making "bonus" a dirty word. Barney Frank is too. If you work for the auto industry, and they offer you a bonus to stick around, does that make you a criminal?
Cheney, Bush Strongly Disagreed on LibbyFormer vice president Richard B. Cheney said yesterday that he strongly disagreed with President Bush's decision not to pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, saying his former chief of staff had been left "hanging in the wind."
Ex-VP Dick Cheney outraged President Bush didn't grant 'Scooter' Libby full pardonWASHINGTON - In the waning days of the Bush administration, Vice President Dick Cheney launched a last-ditch campaign to persuade his boss to pardon Lewis (Scooter) Libby - and was furious when President George W. Bush wouldn't budge.
Emptywheel The Push to Publish the OPR ReportNewsweek's Michael Isikoff is being played by Dick Cheney's lawyer; and we get to read exactly what they want us to.
Cheney: Bush should have pardoned LibbyFormer President George Bush should have pardoned Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Dick Cheney said after stepping down as vice president this week.
How many killers could have found a lawyer to tell them killing an innocent person is not a crime? If they did would that be a defense?
Cheney claries role in Treasonous act but denies he did it intentionally - msnbc discussionA covert CIA operative had her name released in the news as part of a coordinated effort organized and driven by Co-President Dick Cheney.
Op-Ed Columnist - Two Cheers for Rod Blagojevich - Editorial - NYTimes.comROD BLAGOJEVICH is the perfect holiday treat for a country fighting off depression. He gift-wraps the ugliness of corruption in the mirthful garb of farce... ...Blagojevich's alleged crimes pale next to the larger scandals of Washington and Wall Street...
Frank Rich: Two Cheers for Rod Blagojevich ROD BLAGOJEVICH is the perfect holiday treat for a country fighting off depression. He gift-wraps the ugliness of corruption in the mirthful garb of farce.
Conservative Pundit Attacks Patrick Fitzgerald»Former Bush Justice Department official Victoria Toensing rips U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald in a Wall Street Journal piece, writing that he should "keep his opinions to himself." By characterizing Gov.
So, Republicans, Is Fitzgerald Still An "Instrument of Political Blood Lust" Now That He's Targeting Democrats?Now that he's got Gov. Blagojevich in his crosshairs, do we really need any additional evidence that Patrick Fitzgerald is an overzealous, out-of-control destructive partisan bent on criminalizing politics? The man's a disgrace.
Bush's top pardon prospects: The top bets for a last act of Dubyan clemency.Attention, convicts: Time is running out to get applications to the pardon attorney at the Justice Department if you're hoping President Bush will be your decider. Few of you should get your hopes up—Bush has rejected a record number of requests for pardons and commutations.
Scooter Libby may have requested Bush pardonFormer Cheney chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, perhaps the best-known federal convict of the last eight years, may have filed a request for a pardon from President Bush, CNN's Sonny Hostin reported Monday.
Some Republicans are actually calling for or implying there should be "disunity" and partisanship in dealing with Barack Obama and other recent Democrats-elect.
Stevens Case Puts Spotlight on PardonsPresident Bush has three months left to issue his final round of pardons, a process that could bring him to consider whether to forgive a list of administration officials, soldiers and operatives engaged in the war on terror — and even just-convicted Ted Stevens (R-Alaska).
Now that Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska has been convicted of some federal crimes, Stevens is a certifiable felon. Fellow Republican and presidential candidate, John McCain, has known and worked with Stevens for years and is his good friend, or pal.
Will Bush grant pardons to administration officials to ensure they won't be prosecuted?
DOJ Says Cheney's Testimony in Valerie Plame Leak ClassifiedThe Department of Justice, in refusing to release Vice President Dick Cheney's interview transcript with the special prosecutor who investigated the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson said for the first time last week that contents of Cheney's interview have be …
t r u t h o u t | Bush Administration Does Not Rule Out Pre-Emptive PardonsFelons are asking President Bush for pardons and commutations at historic levels as he nears his final months in office, a time when many other presidents have granted a flurry of clemency requests. [...]
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