Moyers Slams Libby Defenders

[kpete]

Bill Moyers: Begging his pardon RAW STORY
Published: Friday June 15, 2007

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It is well known that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby-once Vice President Cheney's most trusted adviser-has been sentenced to 30 months in jail for perjury. Lying. Not a white lie, mind you. A killer lie.

Scooter Libby deliberately poured poison into the drinking water of democracy by lying to federal investigators, for the purpose of obstructing justice.

Attempting to trash critics of the war, Libby and his pals in high places-including his boss Dick Cheney-outed a covert CIA agent. Libby then lied to cover their tracks. To throw investigators off the trail, he kicked sand in the eyes of truth. "Libby lied about nearly everything that mattered," wrote the chief prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. The jury agreed and found him guilty on four felony counts. Judge Reggie B. Walton-a no-nonsense, lock-em-up-and-throw-away-the-key type, appointed to the bench by none other than George W. Bush-called the evidence "overwhelming" and threw the book at Libby.

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So it may well be, as The Hartford Courant said editorially, that Mr Libby is "a nice guy, a loyal and devoted patriot...but none of that excuses perjury or obstruction of justice. If it did, truth wouldn't matter much."

Bill Moyers is managing editor of the weekly public affairs program Bill Moyers Journal, which airs Friday night on PBS. This essay appears on tonight's program.

Check local airtimes or comment at The Moyers Blog at www.pbs.org/moyers.

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[sandnsea]

1. Really gets to the point

"None seem the least weighted down by the sheer, glaring unfairness of sentencing soldiers to repeated and longer tours of duty in a war induced by deception."

[kpete]

2. saw your diary at Kos

and stole your headline - hope you do not mind - I want people to see this...kp

[sandnsea]

4. No problem

I thought "Killer Lie" would do the trick - but whatever it takes to get people to click and read. :)

[Uncle Joe]

3. Bill Moyers is a class act

and a national treasure.

:patriot:

Thanks for the thread kpete

Kicked and recommended

[mzmolly]

5. "A Killer Lie."

Something James Carville appears to have overlooked?

Very well said, thanks for the post Kpete. :hi:

[glitch]

7. Moyers is Substance, Carville is (out of) Style, doubt he even considered it for a second. nt

[HCE SuiGeneris]

6. I love me some Bill Moyers.

Thanks for the reminder kpete.

[Disturbed]

8. Libby should have recieved at least 8 years in Prison.

Four Felonies! He got off light yet the Rethugs still whine.

[blondeatlast]

9. Can we all pray, chant, spell, vibe, what have you, really, really hard that one of the last

of the great "old school" journalists never dies?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

10. and that out of the blogosphere, new ones will emerge

and be able to inherit the vacancies that now exist...

[blondeatlast]

12. Indeed. nt

[Cha]

11. So very well stated, Bill Moyers!

Thank you! What part of "convicted of lying to federal investigators", don't they get?

scooter libby is about as "patriotic" as benedict arnold.

[malaise]

13. Classy as always

K & R

[FreeStateDemocrat]

14. Bill Moyers is a great American.