A pardon in the works for indicted Cheney aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby? Could be.
Writes Tom Brune in Newsday:
Now that top White House aide Karl Rove is off the hook in the CIA leak probe, President George W. Bush must weigh whether to pardon former vice presidential aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the only one indicted in the three-year investigation.
New York based freelancer Joe Lauria offers some disturbing insight into the behavior of ethically-challenged reporter Jason Leopold in the now-discredited Truthout story about the Karl Rove indictment that wasn’t.
Austrian right-wing populist Joerg Haider called President Bush a war criminal on Saturday, days before Austria’s government hosts Bush and European leaders in Vienna.
Former President Bill Clinton says if his wife becomes president in 2008, his role would be to quote “do whatever she wants” because that’s what a good citizen would do.
Louisiana Democratic Gov. Kathleen Blanco signed into law a ban on most abortions, which would be triggered if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns its 1973 ruling legalizing the procedure, a spokesman said on Saturday.
Lured by high salaries and generous perks, many members of the Bush administration’s homeland security team are quitting their government posts for private sector jobs in the security business.