A Libby Verdict

New York Times | Mar. 7, 2007 (Editorial)

One of the most senior officials in the White House, Lewis Libby, the chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, was caught lying to the F.B.I. He appears to have been trying to cover up a smear campaign that was orchestrated by his boss against the first person to unmask one of the many untruths that President Bush used to justify invading Iraq. He was charged with those crimes, defended by the best lawyers he could get, tried in an open courtroom and ... Full Story »

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by Rory O'Connor - Oct. 1, 2008

This is certainly preferable to the Washington Post editorial on the same subject, and it makes some crucial links as well, notably to how the "precious" American judicial system is under serious attack from the same administration Libby served, an administration that "is systematically denying the right of counsel, the right to evidence and even the right to be tried to scores of prisoners who may have committed no crimes at all." It also rightly excoriates the federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, who "chose to wage war with the news media."