Send Scooter to the slam

fitz thinks it would be a good idea that the courts send a "message" about obstruction of justice and lying... i agree...

Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby betrayed the public's trust and deserves to spend 2 1/2 to 3 years in prison for obstructing the CIA leak investigation, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said Friday.

Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney and an assistant to President Bush, is the highest-ranking White House official convicted since the Iran-Contra affair two decades ago.

"Particularly in a case such as this, where Mr. Libby was a high-ranking government official whose falsehoods were central to issues in a significant criminal investigation, it is important that this court impose a sentence that accurately reflects the value the judicial system places on truth-telling in criminal investigations," Fitzgerald wrote in court documents.

yes, i know scooter's attorneys are going to ask for no jail time and, yes, i know that sentencing may be deferred until the appeals run out, but, as airtight a case as i believe fitz has, he wouldn't be calling for 2-3 years unless he thought the verdict would be upheld... his argument that the sentence should reflect the seriousness of the crime, while certainly cogent, wouldn't have much weight if it wasn't already in the cards...

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