In a message dated 6/7/07 8:23:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> What I'm trying to understand about the investigation is, to be blunt, > what's taking so long? > Matthew, we know UCD has had time to ASK all the parties, but we don't know what, if any, answers were received. Or if the answers led to more questions, or the questioning of additional parties. Or if the actions or inactions of any of the involved parties are making closure difficult. (What, for example, did Tom Knox say?) Didn't "Scooter" Libby just get convicted of lying to a grand jury? An investigation isn't always a piece of cake..... Yesterday's Inquirer editorial: Editorial - the Libby Sentence Thirty months in prison sounds just about right for Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who was sentenced yesterday. Libby's lying to the FBI and to a grand jury was serious, both for the deception itself and for what he was trying to hide. By giving false testimony, Libby attempted to cover up the Bush administration's reckless scheme to discredit a critic of the Iraq invasion, former ambassador Joseph Wilson ....In their zeal to damage Wilson's credibility, Libby and others in the administration revealed to journalists that Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, worked for the CIA. The suggestion was that Wilson's trip to Niger was not a serious fact-finding mission but a junket courtesy of nepotism in the CIA. Libby's defenders have been fond of claiming that Plame was not an undercover agent, and therefore the case against Libby is meaningless. But the CIA verified 10 days after Libby's guilty verdict that Plame was indeed a covert agent at the time that Bush and Cheney's inner circle outed her. Either they didn't know or didn't care. Political expediency trumped national security. There are persistent calls for Bush to pardon Libby. That would be as arrogant and improper as the original scheme. While Libby was undoubtedly following orders, his culpability remains. He lied to federal agents investigating one of the most reckless and potentially dangerous political hit jobs in years. Melani Lamond, Associate Broker Urban & Bye, Realtor 3529 Lancaster Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19104 cell phone 215-356-7266 office phone 215-222-4800, ext. 113 office fax 215-222-1101 ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
