Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Pardon Libby!

Quinn Hillyer makes the case.

The jury, therefore, wrongly treated as a test of two men’s respective truthfulness what was merely a test of their memory, about a factoid that was no longer important to the overall case. The jury was wrong because, with mens rea removed, Libby’s testimony was not perjury, even if it had been in error.
Libby enjoyed a reputation as a straight shooter through an entire career in various branches of government. He does not deserve to forever be branded a felon, unable to practice law or to vote. To not pardon him would be a travesty, and a permanent blot on Bush’s reputation for political courage.

01/13 11:23 PM