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coverage for timeliness and the ombudsman welcomes comments from and can be contacted by email at of buds or by phone at opinion Libby but Hes not in the Clear Clarence Page Washington president Bush owes lil Kim and Martha Stewart an the famous rap artist Kimberly Denise lil Kim Jones spent 10 months in prison for lying to a grand the business and Media Star Stewart served five months in Federal prison for lying to the but fellow perjured Lewis Scooter vice presi Dent Dick Cheney former chief of wont serve a Day of the 30month sen tence he received for lying to a Federal grand thanks to the selectively kind heart of president Libby should have gotten even less than if you believe his sympathizers on the political right who have called for a full its amusing to watch Hange High conservative editorial pages and presidential candidates go All Squishy when one of their own has been Bush stood sort instead of a Par he let stand Libby two years Proba Tion and Fine for lying to Federal investigators of the 2003 leak that Dis closed the Cia employment of Valerie an undercover Agency that Bush idea of a he called the sentence if he should consider a similar commutation or another apology to Victor a North carolinian whose very similar sen tence was upheld by the supreme court less than two weeks a decorated Vietnam and Gulf War was sentenced to 33 months for making two false statements to a grand jury about a parts kit he had allegedly to make an illegal machine Rita has no prior criminal Lewis Scooter who lied to a Federal grand wont go to jail after seeking a reduced his lawyers argued that he was in poor had per formed valuable government service and could be in physical danger of reprisals in prison for criminal Justice work he had performed in his government but the supreme court upheld ritas sentence in an 81 decision As presumptively reasonable within Federal sentencing if Bush sees differently and acts on that his right As at sentencing is a remarkably arbitrary Deci How do you define Justice in Days months a lifetime Cash with As Many deep pockets contributors As he has fun Eling Money into his defense it is doubtful that Libby will Ever pay a Penny of his Fine out of his own what about other big fish like presiden tial adviser Karl who also leaked classified information about Plame to re porters but got off Scot free Many of lib Bys supporters As Well As his detractors have raised that question and it is a fair prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald decided that he could not build a winnable Case against Rove or Libby for knowingly revealing a Covert Cia agents but that does not reduce the seriousness of Libby lying to perjury is not a Petty truthful testimony is the bulwark of our Justice Bush appears to understand if he has any reason to think Libby was Railroad he should give the White House aide a full people appreciate a president who stands on not just after this is the president who dubbed his 2000 Campaign Jet with the Mouthful of a title accountability that sounded like a Little dig at the fuzzy ethics of president Early in the Plame investigation Bush vowed through his spokesman to oust anyone who took part in the Outing of flames yet who disclosed classified information about Plame to two kept his Job and Libby left Only after his indictment in the fall of look who getting All fuzzy syndicated columnist Clarence Page writes for the Chicago Tell us what you think stars and stripes welcomes your comments on editorials and columns that Are published in the and values letters on topics of importance in the lives of our All letters must be and must include the writers address or base and Telephone please limit All letters to 300 we Reserve the right to edit letters for taste and Send your letters to mail stars and stripes unit 29480 Apo a 09211 International mail stars and stripes Postrach 1330 64345 Griesheim via fax country code 0 Dan 3498395 email doonesbury by Garry Trudeau tonight a Branch Good in at to prickly 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