ON JUNE 5, I. LEWIS “SCOOTER” LIBBY was sentenced to thirty months in prison and fined $250,000 by U.S. District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton, following Libby’s March 6 conviction on four counts of obstruction of justice and perjury. On June 14, Walton ordered the vice president’s former aide to prepare to begin serving his […]

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Family Values—The admission by Senator David Vitter (R-LA) that he was involved with someone in the employ of Washington madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey is the second linking of Vitter’s name to a prostitute. In his 2004 Senate campaign, Vitter, a Christian conservative, had to fight off allegations he was involved with a New Orleans prostitute, […]

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BREMEN, Germany FIFTEEN AMERICAN SOLDIERS WATCHED over a man, shackled to a seat in the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemasterthe Air Force workhorse that usually moves Abrams tanks, Chinook helicopters or infantry vehicles. Wearing goggles that shut out all light, a soundproof headset and a mask that covered his mouth so he could not […]

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Waxman v. Cheney—The current fight between Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Vice President Dick Cheney is a rematch of the Walker v. Cheney lawsuit of 2002, when Comptroller General David Walker sued the vice president on behalf of House members Waxman and John Dingell (D-MI). The veteran Congressmen wanted lists of lobbyists who’d attended Cheney’s energy-task-force meeting […]

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Pardon Me?—The 30-month sentence of former vice-presidential chief of staff Scooter Libby for obstruction of justice and perjury presents Dick Cheney with a dilemma. As assistant chief of staff in Gerald Ford’s administration, Cheney opposed Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon. Cheney, who served in the House after Ford lost to Jimmy Carter, believed Ford should […]

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