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Pardon me? The truth about the Bill Clinton pardons vs. ONE Scooter Libby sentence commutation

OK...George Bush recently commuted the sentence of Scooter Libby for the "crime" of disclosing that Valerie Plame was a CIA officer.  But..Plame was NOT undercover, she made a donation to the Gore campaign and listed herself and her company, quite openly several months before all of this came up, http://www.blogsforbush.com/mt/archives/007956.html

According to an article in Newsweek http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14533384/site/newsweek/ it was Robert Novak who initially broke the news about Plame and Richard Armitage who apparently leaked it.  Funny how he let Libby twist in the wind for months without coming to his aid knowing it was himself not Libby who told Novak of the Plame identity.  Why?  According the article above, he is a moderate republican and had strong feelings against the war.  Apparently, they tried for the next best thing since they were unable to get Bush or Cheney...by indicting Cheney's chief of staff Scooter Libby.

Let's have a look at a few of the 38 sentences commuted and 146 pardons granted by Clinton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_pardoned_by_Bill_Clinton

Highlights
Commutations

Mel Reynolds - In August 1994, he was indicted for having sex with a 16-year-old campaign volunteer, in April 1997, he was convicted on 15 unrelated counts of bank fraud and lying to SEC investigators.


Dorothy Rivers
- In 1997 Dorothy Rivers was charged and pled guilty to stealing 1.2 million tax dollars in federal grant money. She used it to buy, among other things, a $35,000 dollar fur coat and a Mercedes-Benz for her son.

Carlos Vignali
-  he was serving the 6th of 15 years in prison for organized cocaine trafficking

Pardons
Roger Clinton
- On February 17, 2001, he was arrested and charged with two counts of drunken driving and one for disturbing the peace. In a deal that spared him jail time, Roger Clinton pleaded guilty to a non-alcohol-related charge of reckless driving.

Susan McDougall
- She was convicted on May 28, 1996, and spent time in prison for four counts of fraud and conspiracy relating to the Whitewater scandal. She was later charged with (and acquitted of) embezzlement against noted conductor Zubin Mehta.[1].  She also spent 18 months in prison including 7 weeks in solitary confinement for civil contempt of court. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright sentenced her after McDougal refused to answer three questions from Whitewater prosecutors before the grand jury empaneled by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr to investigate the Whitewater deals.

Marc Rich
- In 1983, Rich and partner Pincus Green were indicted by U.S. Attorney and future mayor of New
York City
Rudolph Giuliani, on charges of tax evasion and illegal trading with Iran.

Dan 
"Let me have one $.42 stamp and here's a $5000 check...change please" Rostenkowski - in 1994, when he was indicted on corruption charges for his key role in the House post office scandal.

Patty Hearst
- The granddaughter of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, she gained notoriety in 1974 when, following her kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army, she ultimately joined her captors in furthering their cause. Apprehended after having taken part in a bank robbery with other SLA members, Hearst was imprisoned for almost two years before her sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter.

Honorable mention
FALN
- To help Hillary get elected in New York...On August 11, 1999, Clinton commuted the sentences of 16 members of FALN, a violent Puerto Rican nationalist group that set off 120 bombs in the United States mostly in New York City and Chicago, convicted for conspiracies to commit robbery, bomb-making, and sedition, as well as for firearms and explosives violations.[3] None of the 16 were convicted of bombings or any crime which injured another person, though they were sentenced with terms ranging from 35 to 105 years in prison for the conviction of conspiracy and sedition.

Sandy Berger - On July 19, 2004, it was revealed that the U.S. Justice Department was investigating Berger for unlawfully mishandling classified documents in October 2003, by removing them from a National Archives reading room prior to testifying before the 9/11 Commission.

On May 17, 2007, Berger relinquished his license to practice law as a result of the Justice Deptartment investigation. Saying, "I have decided to voluntarily relinquish my license." He added that, "While I derived great satisfaction from years of practicing law, I have not done so for 15 years and do not envision returning to the profession. I am very sorry for what I did, and I deeply apologize." By giving up his license, Berger avoided cross-examinination by the Bar Counsel regarding details of his thefts.[31]

uh huhh...sure....for what!?  Must have been very important info to risk his career and lose his license for Bubba!  Where is the main stream media on this...why did I not hear WORD ONE about it?




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