Scooter Libby Takes Another One for the Team

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2008 Poor I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. First, he was tossed under the bus in the kerfuffle over Valerie Plame's identity leak. Now, as a result of same, Libby's been stripped of his legal license in Washington, D.C. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Millions Without a Voice

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Feb 7, 2008 With all the talk of record voter participation, we should take a moment to think of the Americans, many of them African-American and Latino, who have been disenfranchised because they once committed a felony. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Scooter Libby Cries Uncle

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2007 I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has made the "tactical" decision to drop his appeal. After all, why spend millions of dollars in legal fees when you still have friends in high places? President Bush earlier commuted Libby's sentence, keeping the former Cheney aide out of prison but leaving him with a criminal record and a fine. The White House won't comment on whether Bush intends to pardon Libby. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ex-Press Secretary Claims Team Bush Deceived Him in Plame Case

Staff / Truthdig Nov 21, 2007 There has been no shortage of tell-all books from former Bushies (paging George Tenet), but the latest one, by former White House spokesman Scott McClellan, is a real bombshell -- primarily because McClellan alleges that the president, the vice president and three other high-ranking officials allowed him to pass "false information" about the Valerie Plame CIA identity leak case to the press. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Valerie Plame Wilson’s Covert Bosom

Staff / Truthdig Nov 1, 2007 Say what you want about the serious news function of satirical shows like "The Daily Show" in today's treacherous media landscape, but only those, like Jon Stewart, operating in the Comedy Central orbit can get away with asking ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson if her breasts "are still working for the CIA." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Plame Tells Tale of Betrayal in New Memoir

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2007 In her new memoir, former CIA officer Valerie Plame tells of her shock as the Bush administration presented evidence in 2003 that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction -- "I knew key parts of it were wrong," she says -- as well as her take on her outing as a CIA employee. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cindy Sheehan Returns to the Antiwar Movement

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2007 Video blogger Davis Fleetwood asks a recently reinvigorated Cindy Sheehan about her candidacy, impeachment, Scooter Libby's pardon, the military-industrial complex and more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scooter’s Deal Is the American Dream

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Jul 15, 2007 This satirical report says millions of immigrants are seeking an amnesty deal like the one given to the man they revere as "El Libbre." Who knew Libby would become the hero of America's undocumented worker population? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Moment of Reflection

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Joe Wilson Bashes Cheney Cabal at House Hearing

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2007 Former Ambassador Joe Wilson (above) had his day Wednesday at a House hearing about I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's controversial commutation, accusing President Bush and his men -- Karl Rove, Dick Cheney and Libby -- of playing key roles in a "character assassination campaign" against him and his wife, outed CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, and of misleading the American people about the real reasons for the Iraq war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

With Friends Like These, Who Needs Judges?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jul 6, 2007 Remember when President Bush promised to fire anyone in the White House involved in the leaking of Valerie Plame's identity? How far we've come. "Scooter" Libby's commutation is but the latest outrage perpetrated by an administration more concerned with protecting its secrets than the rule of law. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pardon Fight!

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2007 The White House isn't taking kindly to former President Bill Clinton's characterization of the Libby commutation as being "consistent with their philosophy; they believe that they should be able to do what they want to do " Oh, snap! Bush spokesman Tony Snow fired back with a reference to Clinton's own pardon record: "I don't know what Arkansan is for chutzpah, but this is a gigantic case of it". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )