Life imitates Games.

Scooter Libby has been cool all this time because he had a "Get Out of Jail Free" card in his pocket. I'm disturbed that the media is not asking the questions "What does Libby have on this administration to force them keep him out of jail?" and "Why was the sentence commuted rather than giving Libby a pardon?" The answer to the first question is: Libby can tell us the whole story of falsifying intelligence to go to war in Iraq. The answer to the second is: by allowing him to continue to appeal, Libby cannot be subpoenaed to appear before congressional investigations. Were he pardoned, he could be summoned to testify to congressional hearings that begin next week.

As for being above the law, the administration doesn't believe that they are above the law. They have proved that they are above the law. The sequence is: you call our subordinates to testify. They obstruct justice. You charge them and convict them and we use our power to let them go immediately. The highest level of American government is totally corrupt and self serving. The level of corruption clearly surpasses the Nixon administration on this point. Nixon's cronies went to jail. The only question now is "are we going to let it pass?"

They will bomb Iran whenever they feel like it.