Posted by
Arnie on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:40:01 PM
Going to jail is Scooter Libby for lying and obstructing justice in a case where no crime was ever committed. But he really had a bad memory. Let's see if I can understand this.
On the original charges brought against Libby, it was found that no crime had been committed, and the case was not dropped as is normal when no crime has been committed. But this case was then extended into a full scale investigation to determine if a another crime had been committed because the first act was not a crime. But then, during this extensive investigation Libby was either intentionally lying about what he did not know, or what he did know about the accusation that was not a crime, or he actually did not remember the person who he had a conversation with months before, or what was said in that conversation. So somewhere in our justice system, there is a law that says you have obstructed justice by doing what he did.
30 months in jail. And a BIG fine.
"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.
Where was Judge Walton when another federal official had the security of the nation in his hands, and he certainly did something to cause a problem. Bill and Monica. Hey, our politicians are always causing problems. They can't get out of bed without causing problems. Patrick Kennedy had a problem with a fence. They cause problems when they open their mouths. But I would suspect that Judge Walton is specifically referring to Mr. Llibby and not desiring to make a blanket judgement for everyone involved in Washington politics, so it's still open territory in Washington, as the judge was just moralizing in general. but being specific with Libby, Morals are made to be broken, just as the immigration laws were made to be broken.
On another note.
It will be interesting to watch the case against William Jefferson, the guy with 90 grand just laying around in his freezer as if that was a common place to store a lot of cash. He was under investigation for bribery charges, and now the feds think they have enough evidence to convict, so the accusation has been made, and the indictment was brought forth yesterday. While this case develops, will Jefferson resign his seat? Will the democratic leadership demand his resignation to show the people that they are serious about rooting out the corruption in Washington? Top democratic leaders, remember now that you should not cause a problem.