Begging Your Pardon: Can George W. Bush Afford To Let Scooter Libby Twist In The

Joking aside, a presidential pardon for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby -- following his conviction for obstruction of justice -- may be the only thing standing between this presidency and the ultimate insider tell-all expose that could fully validate the widely held theory that Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld manufactured a spurious military rationale for invading the sovereign nation of Iraq -- in defiance of a UN resolution -- with information they knew to be unreliable. And that they then sought to retaliate against the former diplomat who accused them of the deception by revealing to the media that his wife was a covert CIA agent -- which is not only illegal but also incredibly rude. Certainly, it is not the legacy for which the current occupants of the White House want to be remembered. Libby will be back in court tomorrow to hear the judge's decision on whether or not he can remain free pending appeal. And he looks and sounds, increasingly, like a man who believes he has been hung out to dry by the people he thought were his friends. His wife, Harriet Grant, shed some light on this question after the verdict was first announced when reportedly she muttered something like: "We're going to (four-letter expletive) 'em," while fighting back tears and embracing members of her husband's defence team. A cynical observer might suggest that a pardon was promised all along, which if true, is a stunning mockery of the judicial system -- even for America. But the fact remains, the consequences of not letting the administration's one and only fall guy off the hook may be equally staggering. And it's practically inconceivable that the Bush will not move to save his presidency from this farcical and decidedly foul legacy. http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/World/2007/06/13/4256601-sun.html [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on June 15, 2007]

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