Do you remember Lewis “Scooter” Libby?
In 2003, the Department of Justice appointed a special counsel to investigate allegations that Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, unlawfully disclosed the covert status of CIA operative Valerie Plame.
Yet Plame may not have been a covert undercover agent, based on the formal government definition of that role. And even if she were, it was widely known at the time that Secretary of State Colin Powell’s subordinate, Richard Armitage, had most likely disclosed her status earlier.
In other words, Libby was in an Orwellian position of being accused of a crime that may not have existed. But if it had, it was more likely committed by someone else.
Publicity-seeking special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald persuaded a Washington, D.C., jury to find Libby guilty of obstruction of justice, perjury, and making false statements to federal investigators — not the supposed crimes for which he was originally targeted by the media.
Apparently, the very suspicion of improper behavior by high public servants once warranted vigorous legal inquiry — by supposedly independent and autonomous prosecutors.
In the eight-plus years since the Libby trial, the Obama administration has blown up the law as we have known it for centuries.
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Oh, yes.
ReplyDeleteNow lets hear the line of how many wonderful jobs it will create.
Bread and circuses will accomplish what it usually accomplishes.
Zero members of Obama's administration have been indicted for anything. How does that compare to recent administrations?
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ReplyDeleteExactly. Despite overwhelming evidence of corruption at the IRS, the EPA, the State department and more, not a single indictment, yet this justice department has gone after the state of Arizona, Sherriff Joe Arpaio, farmers in the western part of the US, ect.
Lawlessness at its worst.