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This quote by Wisconsin Sen. James Sensenbrenner is exactly correct.
What’s going on here today is more braying at the moon by my friends on the other side of the aisle, who spend more time looking into real or imagined misconduct on the part of the Bush administration, rather than doing the job that we were [...]

This is just simply jaw-dropping chutzpah.
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton drew a distinction between President Bush’s decision to commute the sentence of White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby — which she has harshly criticized — and her husband’s 140 pardons in his closing hours in office.
“I believe that presidential pardon authority is available [...]

Just saw this at the WaPo (reg req)
President Bush commuted the sentence of former aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Monday, sparing him from a 2 1/2-year prison term in the CIA leak case. Bush left intact a $250,000 fine and two years probation for Libby, according to a senior White House official, who spoke on [...]

Ah! How sweet the coffee’s taste is, Sweeter than a thousand kisses, Milder than sweet muscatel. Coffee, coffee, I must have it, And if someone wants to treat me, Ah, my cup with coffee fill! ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (Koffee Kantate)

Here are some of the reactions of sites on my blogrolls talking about today’s verdict in the Scooter Libby trial.

Mark Levin on the Libby trial:
This morning the jury didn’t understand two of the counts. Yesterday it didn’t understand what was meant by reasonable doubt. Let me suggest that in the end it still didn’t understand the two counts or reasonable doubt.
Exactly.

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Tags: Libby Trial, Scooter Libby

Here are the verdicts on the five counts, as I hear or find them:
Guilty on 4 of 5.

Count 1 - Guilty
Count 2 - Guilty
Count 3 - Not Guilty
Count 4 - Guilty
Count 5 - Guilty

UPDATE:
Wells said he would ask the court for a new trial by April 13. Such requests are common following criminal convictions.
“Despite our [...]

Various news sources are announcing that a verdict has been reached in the trial of Scooter Libby. The verdict is scheduled to be read around noon eastern time.
UPDATE: First report from AP (via Yahoo News):
The verdict will be read at 12 noon EST in the courtroom where jurors heard 19 witnesses during the five-week trial. [...]