Washington Post:
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison and fined $250,000 for lying to investigators about his role in leaking the identity of an undercover CIA officer.
During sentencing, Hizzoner allowed as how Libby "got off course" -- as if somehow poor Scooter had just lost his way and wandered off in what turned out to be an inappropriate direction. But neither lack of supervision nor Libby's ability to follow directions was the real problem here. In fact, there is reason to believe that Scooter was very closely following the course laid down for him by his boss, and then lying to cover for him. As is customary in these affairs, Mr. Big walks.
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