Newsweek: Scooter Libby allies pressing Bush to pardon Libby

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http://www.newsweek.com/id/169180

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Trickier still is how Bush will handle requests from former members of his administration. McCaleb said Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, whose prison sentence for lying in the CIA leak case was commuted by Bush last year, has not submitted a pardon request to Justice. But speculation is rampant that Libby's allies will press Bush for one. There is also talk that Bush will be asked to grant prospective pardons for CIA officers and others who played a part in the use of "enhanced interrogation" techniques in the war on terror. According to one legal source, who asked not to be identified because of the issue's sensitive nature, White House counsel Fred Fielding has warned applicants the president is likely to frown on "political pardons." But another Washington lawyer, who also asked not to be identified because he represents a pardon applicant, said Bush might be more open to considering pardons for CIA officers because they were executing his policies. (There is no indication anyone involved in interrogations has sought a pardon.) "We don't comment on the pardon process," said White House spokesman Carlton Carroll.

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1. can anyone doubt that it will happen?

of course it will. W. does not give a shit.

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2. Oh, of course. And little Lewis knows it as well. It was part of the deal.

He shuts up, takes the blame, eventually gets a pardon and who knows what else.