WELL, THAT MAKES THINGS EASY

CNN:

A federal appeals court Monday rejected former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby's request to remain free on appeal after his March conviction on federal charges stemming from the leak of a CIA agent's identity....

Barring further appeals, Libby's term will start when the U.S. Bureau of Prisons decides where he will serve his time and sets a date for him to surrender.....

That was timed perfectly for the White House. Expect Libby to be pardoned either Tuesday after 7:00 P.M. or Friday at the same time.

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UPDATE: Oops, never mind -- he already commuted the sentence. He's on vacation, so he assumes everyone is on vacation, and therefore none of us are paying attention.

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AND: Speaker Pelosi, how is the commutation a "betrayal of trust"? Trust in the Bush administration? Trust in the legal system? Trust in the legal system under Bush? Who still had any trust left to betray?