Scooter Libby

Did Bush ask Scott McClellan to lie -- or didn't he? Did Bush ask Scott McClellan to lie -- or didn't he?

Former press secretary Scott McClellan says someone in the Bush administration made him spread "false information" about Plame-gate to the press. Time for Congress to ask tough questions.
  • Cheney reportedly "furious" with Bush over Libby

    The former vice president apparently made a last-minute push for a pardon for Scooter Libby, and is angry it was unsuccessful.
  • Fair Plame

    After years of enforced silence, Valerie Plame Wilson finally tells all -- except for the stuff the CIA blacked out.
  • We'll go no more a-Rove-ing

    The country takes leave of the political serial killer who tried to forge a one-party state. But don't expect the Mayberry Machiavelli to pay for his civic sins.
  • It's finally time for Bush to answer questions about Libby

    Why not start with releasing the transcripts of Bush and Cheney's interviews with special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald?
  • Cheney criticizes Bush over Libby

    The former vice president says he disagreed with his old boss' decision not to give a last-minute pardon to Scooter Libby.
  • WSJ to Bush: Pardon Libby

    The paper's editorial board says the president can improve his legacy by "by undoing a measure of the injustice inflicted on" Scooter Libby.
  • Scooter Libby disbarred

    Dick Cheney's former chief of staff will no longer be able to practice law in Washington.
  • Libby drops appeal

    With the president having commuted his sentence, there was little reason to press on.
  • McClellan implicates Bush, Cheney in Plame lie

    Former White House press secretary says the president and vice president were involved in the false exoneration of Libby and Rove.
  • Larry Craig and the double standards

    The White House still won't talk about Scooter Libby. So why is it calling Craig a "disappointment"?
  • Accountability? Libby? Gonzales? Let me tell you about 9/11

    The president changes the subject.
  • Judge dismisses Valerie Plame's lawsuit

    The outed CIA officer is considering an appeal in her suit against Bush administration officials.
  • Bush calls Libby commutation "fair and balanced"

    President briefly addresses the possibility that someone in the administration leaked Plame's name.
  • Bush and Cheney's tortured secrecy

    Can the White House win a constitutional showdown with Congress over executive privilege after shredding the nation's trust?
  • The House takes on clemency

    Did Bush's Libby commutation undermine the rule of law? Who knows.
  • The real reason for the Libby commutation?

    Over the weekend, two pundits offered their take on why President Bush commuted his former aide's prison sentence.
  • A Snow job on Libby

    As the House plans a hearing, the White House press secretary mounts a factually challenged defense.
  • "Even Richard Nixon knew it was time to resign"

    From Iraq to Scooter Libby, Bush and Cheney have broken America's trust and stabbed this nation in the back. It is time for them to go.
  • Bush and Cheney walk, too

    Even as the president confesses that Scooter Libby engaged in a cover-up -- after all, that was the verdict -- he completes the ultimate obstruction of justice in the Plame affair.
  • Did Clinton really do it too?

    Slate's Tim Noah defends the Libby commutation, arguing that the former president committed perjury as well, but his argument doesn't hold up.
  • Bush: My decision was the right decision

    But the president won't rule out a pardon for Libby, either.
  • Snow: "Not going to close the door on a pardon"

    The White House refuses to say whether Bush even thinks Libby committed a crime.
  • "A good American"

    GOP presidential candidates respond -- or don't -- to Bush's decision on Libby.
  • Even the lawlessness was lawless

    Bush commuted Libby's sentence without consulting the Justice Department and without regard for the usual standards and procedures.
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