So, what grand crime did Libby actually impede the investigation of?
We may well never know... because Libby lied to the Grand Jury which was charged with finding this out. I believe that's why they call it "Obstruction of Justice" and generally consider it A Bad Thing.
Libby covered for Cheney in front of the Grand Jury, and now Cheney (through his proxy, Bush) is covering for Libby, keeping him from jail in order to keep him from testifying against Cheney (the possibility of facing real "jail time" might have been enough to eventually convince Libby to reconsider his loyalties). Notice that he wasn't "pardoned", but only had his sentence commuted. This act preserves his right to refuse to testify in this matter under the 5th Amendment, should any nosey branch of Congress wish to question him further on this matter. He would not have had that option under a pardon.
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Back in the day when RAM was just starting to be counted in megabytes rather than kilobytes, it was explained to me that EMACS (the editor that wanted to be an operating system) stood for "eight megs and constantly swapping".
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So, what grand crime did Libby actually impede the investigation of?
... because Libby lied to the Grand Jury which was charged with finding this out. I believe that's why they call it "Obstruction of Justice" and generally consider it A Bad Thing.
We may well never know
Libby covered for Cheney in front of the Grand Jury, and now Cheney (through his proxy, Bush) is covering for Libby, keeping him from jail in order to keep him from testifying against Cheney (the possibility of facing real "jail time" might have been enough to eventually convince Libby to reconsider his loyalties). Notice that he wasn't "pardoned", but only had his sentence commuted. This act preserves his right to refuse to testify in this matter under the 5th Amendment, should any nosey branch of Congress wish to question him further on this matter. He would not have had that option under a pardon.
Back in the day when RAM was just starting to be counted in megabytes rather than kilobytes, it was explained to me that EMACS (the editor that wanted to be an operating system) stood for "eight megs and constantly swapping".
But if the election is rigged, then the fear of being turned out of office disappears, no? (That's me being as cynical as I want.)