Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Treasonus or Not?


DID THIS MAN COMMIT TREASON TOO?

Mr. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is in the final stages of his courtroom battle over whether or not he lied... if the lie was a lie and who the lie effected. He was charged with one count of obstruction of justice, two counts of making false statements, and two counts of perjury. He was Dick Chenney's Chief of Staff from 2001 until October 2006, but we can throw loyalties out the window at this point. Cheney was going to be the first VP ever to sit on the stand, but that didnt happen. Apparently they felt it would not work well for the defendant when the cross examination of the Vp was to take place. Also, each one of the counts takes a $250,000 price tag, so the bottom line is... (drumb roll please) 1.25 million Dollars.
A little background before the case:
Scooter Libby composed a report with Neoconservative Wolf Blitzer, this report outlined global US military supremecy, "The draft DPG called for massive increases in defense spending, the assertion of lone superpower status, the prevention of the emergence of any regional competitors, the use of preventive—or preemptive—force, and the idea of forsaking multilateralism if it didn't suit U.S. interests (http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1271).
It was not until mid-2005, however, that Libby found himself subject to widespread media attention, when his name increasingly appeared in news stories about the leak of Plame's identity (U.S. News and World Report, October 31, 2005).
Where does Treason fit in?
A spy's name, an American spy, was released to the public. But, this act of treason is going un punished, then again, she is suing the government for the premature end of her career. Maybe, because now other people who she dealt with in the past may want to kill her?
What do you think?

2 comments:

MikeWolkowitz said...

GUILTY

Truth And Journalism said...

on 4 of 5 counts so he only has to pay 1 million dollars... and what 20 years?