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This is actually a very nice sentiment. Unfortunately, given the jadedness i've aquired over the last few years have convinced me that it will do little good fo
by scoofy 13y ago
This is actually a very nice sentiment. Unfortunately, given the jadedness i've aquired over the last few years have convinced me that it will do little good for his freedom.
I only hope that, as demographics in america swing younger, the libertarians and progressives can put put aside our differences and get this guy a pardon down the road. Scooter Libby is free and Manning is in jail.
- jmaygarden 13y agoScooter Libby was charged for obstructing an investigation. He didn't leak any secrets. I don't see the connection.
- j2d3 13y agoI thought he exposed the identity of an undercover CIA agent. That seems like a fact that was supposed to be secret, which he leaked (supposedly.)
- j2d3 13y agoYou're right, he was convicted of obstructing the investigation about how Valerie Plame's identity was leaked... so it's not fair to say that he leaked it himself. He just protected Dick Cheney, who - semantics aside - was likely the actual leaker (in terms of responsibility for the leak and directing that the leak occur).
- scottjad 13y agoLibby didn't do time. His sentence was commuted by Pres. Bush before it started iirc.
- lemming 13y agoLibby never did time, Bush commuted his sentence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooter_Libby#Presidential_commutation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooter_Libby#Presidential_com...