Scooter Finds Fellowship at the Hudson Institute

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Scooter Finds Fellowship at the Hudson Institute

By Al Kamen

Friday, January 6, 2006; Page A17

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , chief of staff and national security adviser to Vice President Cheney until that indictment unpleasantness a few months ago, has found a new perch as he awaits trial.

Libby is joining the Hudson Institute -- a conservative think tank focusing on foreign policy and national security -- as a senior fellow, focusing on issues related to terrorism and Asia. He's also to advise Hudson on strategic planning and help other scholars.

The move gives Libby -- who had a long career in the State Department, the Pentagon and international law before he got unwanted fame after his Oct. 28 indictment on perjury and obstruction charges in the Valerie Plame affair -- a place to hang his hat. He will join a team of conservative thinkers that includes Robert H. Bork , Michael Horowitz and former National Security Agency director William E. Odom .

We're told that his salary is on par with the going rate for the deep thinkers -- presumably at least as much as his $160,000 White House gig -- and that, if he wants, he'll probably still have time to do some consulting or work on a second novel.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/05/AR2006010502119.html

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1. He probably won't do a damn thing

Maybe an occaisional column, which will run in obscure publications, free office space and business cards, but otherwise he'll make several hundred thousand a year to basically sit around and twiddle his thumbs.

I salivate for the day when he is in federal prison busting rocks, and truth be told, I would not be at all heartbroken if his fellow inmates introduced his ass to Mr. Plunger.

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2. I hope the Hudson Institute has room for all the repukes

Abramoff and Delay have tagged.