Democracy Now! 7-5 Joseph Wilson Reacts to Bush¹s Commutation of Lewis ³Scooter² Libby Jail Sentence

TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:
With Amy Goodman

* ³He Has Subverted the Rule of Law and the System of Justice² -- Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson Reacts to Bush¹s Commutation of Lewis ³Scooter² Libby Jail Sentence in Outing of Valerie Plame *

Three days after President Bush commuted the thirty-month jail sentence of Dick Cheney¹s former chief of staff Lewis ³Scooter² Libby, we spend the hour with former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson. Wilson¹s wife, Valerie Plame, was outed as a CIA operative after Wilson publicly challenged the Bush administration¹s reasons for going to war on Iraq. Libby was found guilty of perjury, obstruction of justice and making false statements in the investigation into who blew Plame¹s cover. Wilson says he believes Libby¹s commutation was a quid pro quo for his silence on the role of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, whose administration he calls ³corrupt from top to bottom.²

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* Headlines for July 5, 2007 *

- Bush Won¹t Rule Out Libby Pardon
- Contractors Outnumber U.S. Troops in Iraq
- Pentagon Probes War Crimes Allegations in Fallujah
- Kidnapped BBC Reporter Freed in Gaza
- Iran Renews Call for U.S. Talks
- Salvadorian Police Fire on Anti-Water Privatization Protest
- Environmental Activist Daniel McGowan Begins 7-Year Jail Term

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/05/1415229