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Originally Posted by roachboy
then we have the rationale floated by cowboy george for his action: the sentence was "excessive" and george all merciful (when it comes to wealthy, politically allied white men, who are of course the only people who matter).
the claims behind this amount to a wholesale whitewashing of the entire plame affair in a manner consistent with rightwing talkingpoints of the past 3 years. nothing major was involved. why? well clinton did x, y, z....
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Actually, if one wanted to get technical about it, there is a fair case to be made that the sentence was excessive. Fitzgerald knew that Libby didn't out Plame, didn't violate the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, the law at issue here from the start. Going ahead with the trial knowing that Libby was innocent of the charge while simultaneously knowing that Amritage was the actual source of the leak could be seen by some as definitive legal grounds for dismissing the case outright.