"Scooter" Libby Sentenced To 30 Months In Valerie Plame Non-Scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation.
Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, stood calmly before a packed courtroom as a federal judge said the evidence overwhelmingly proved his guilt.
"People who occupy these types of positions, where they have the welfare and security of nation in their hands, have a special obligation to not do anything that might create a problem," U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said.
Libby was convicted in March of lying and obstructing an investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.
He was also fined $250,000 and 2 years probation upon being released from prison.
One of the true travesties of justice. He was convicted because he could remember the order of conversations he had 2 years previous. He was not convicted for outing a CIA agent (which was non-scandal to begin with). It was simply whom he spoke to first.
Here's to hoping Fred wins the presidential elections and can pardon Libby.
