Libby Unqualified For Pardon Under Justice Dept Guidelines
Newsweek Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball March 7, 2007 11:09 PM
The pardon campaign began almost immediately. No sooner had word come down in federal court that I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby had been convicted on four felony counts than conservative allies began pressuring President Bush to step in and effectively overturn the verdict. The National Review Online was first off the block, publishing a "Pardon Libby" editorial barely two hours after the verdict was announced; the piece denounced the entire CIA-leak case as a "travesty" and the product of "media scandal-mongering." The Wall Street Journal followed suit Wednesday, saying Bush shouldn't even wait for Libby to file his appeal. "The time for a pardon is now," the Journal declared. (The Web site of the Libby Defense Trust, www.scooterlibby.com, linked to those and other editorials calling for a pardon Wednesday.)
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The pardon campaign began almost immediately. No sooner had word come down in federal court that I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby had been convicted on four felony counts than conservative allies began pressuring President Bush to step in and effectively overturn the verdict. The National Review Online was first off the block, publishing a "Pardon Libby" editorial barely two hours after the verdict was announced; the piece denounced the entire CIA-leak case as a "travesty" and the product of "media scandal-mongering." The Wall Street Journal followed suit Wednesday, saying Bush shouldn't even wait for Libby to file his appeal. "The time for a pardon is now," the Journal declared. (The Web site of the Libby Defense Trust, www.scooterlibby.com, linked to those and other editorials calling for a pardon Wednesday.)
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