{"id":4761,"date":"2007-07-02T15:27:08","date_gmt":"2007-07-02T22:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=4761"},"modified":"2007-07-04T12:19:38","modified_gmt":"2007-07-04T19:19:38","slug":"breaking-bush-commutes-libby-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4761","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Bush Commutes Libby Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Guest Blogged by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotpotatomash.com\">Alan Breslauer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<object width=\"320\" height=\"240\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param value=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/bush_libby_030707_player.swf\" name=\"movie\" \/><param value=\"high\" name=\"quality\" \/><param value=\"#000000\" name=\"bgcolor\" \/><embed src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/bush_libby_030707_player.swf\" quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" name=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/\/images\/bush_libby_030707_player.swf\" play=\"true\" menu=\"true\" loop=\"false\" allowScriptAccess=\"sameDomain\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601087&#038;sid=aA.bUy89_1hk&#038;refer=home\">Bloomberg reports<\/a> that, &#8220;George W. Bush commuted Lewis &#8216;Scooter&#8217; Libby&#8217;s 2 1\/2-year prison sentence in the CIA leak case, sparing him from punishment the president called &#8216;excessive.'&#8221; It seems W. changed his mind in the last four months about respecting jury verdicts involving serious matters as seen in the video above. Or, maybe the White House had given up all hope of restoring &#8220;honor and dignity,&#8221; and thus felt it had nothing to lose.<\/p>\n<p><i>UPDATE:<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/rawstory.com\/news\/2007\/Scooter_Libby_gets_out_of_jail_0702.html\">RAW STORY has more details, reaction<\/a>. This is amazing. But what else is new? Revealing the identities of covert CIA assets is now just fine, apparently.<\/p>\n<p><i>UPDATE FROM BRAD 10:54pm PT:<\/i> A short message from Bush&#8217;s dad. Sent to him from 1999 when he was speaking to his former colleagues at the CIA. Li&#8217;l Bush, apparently, disagrees&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"340\" height=\"280\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/kvu3Ecnvd74\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/kvu3Ecnvd74\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"340\" height=\"280\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>(<i>Hat-tip to <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4761#comment-237555\">BRAD BLOG commenter &#8220;PatriotNW&#8221;<\/a><\/i>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest Blogged by Alan Breslauer Bloomberg reports that, &#8220;George W. 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