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...photographs of the young soldiers reminded me of similar portraits that appeared in TIME during the Vietnam War. How many more photographs will it take before President George W. Bush admits the mistake and brings the troops home? Geoff Walton, East London, South Africa...
...photographs of the young soldiers reminded me of similar portraits that appeared in TIME during the Vietnam War. How many more photographs will it take before President George W. Bush admits the mistake and brings the troops home? Geoff Walton, EAST LONDON, SOUTH AFRICA...
...betting before Tuesday was that Walton would not use that discretion to give Libby such a long sentence, since in doing so, he would be giving too much weight to a mere suspicion of the underlying, unproven crime. But as Libby's sentence proved, in today's criminal justice system, all such bets...
...United States District Judge Reggie Walton sentenced Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, following his conviction in March of lying to federal investigators about leaking the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. Libby was also fined $250,000. He will appeal the punishment, though Walton will not decide until next week whether to allow Libby to remain free during the appeal or send him to prison almost immediately. President Bush has said he will not address the issue of a pardon for Libby at least until the appeals process is exhausted...
...tune, arguing that the underlying (and uncharged) crime was so serious as to warrant a sentence twice as long as what the federal probation office recommended; notably, his brief included the revelation that the CIA did consider Plame's identity classified, at least for 18 months. And Tuesday, Walton apparently bought it, declaring before he announced the sentence that Libby could be considered an accessory to the underlying crime because, at least in part, his obstruction of justice made it all but impossible for the government to make the case for that crime...