It might happen sooner, but not until the sentencing and appeals processes are finished.  Libby's attorneys will certainly attempt to drag these out for a long time.

Fitzgerald may be done with Libby & Co., but the law isn't

Yup, I'd say it's a lousy week to be Dumbya.

And I couldn't be happier.

In a lengthy press conference with reporters after the announcement of four guilty verdicts, federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said that he did not expect the results of the trial of former White House advsier I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to result in further investigations or charges. He also promised "appropriate" support for any Congressional investigation that might follow the trial.
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"I do not expect to file any further charges, the investigation was inactive prior to the trial," the Chicago-based federal attorney who led the prosecution said. "We're all going back to our day jobs."

However, Fitzgerald did concede "If new information comes to light, of course we'll do that."

A reporter prompted Fitzgerald on whether he would scale down his recommendations for a sentence if Libby were to offer more information to the prosecution that wasn't previously known.

"They can contact us," Fitzgerald responded of Libby and his attorneys.

Another reporter asked whether or not the prosecution would turn over sealed files from the grand jury investigation to a Congressional investigation. Fitzgerald gave a measured answer.

"If Congress does something or not, we are not going to predict that," he said. "We will do what's appropriate."

Fitzgerald said he and his prosecution team were on pins and needles as they waited for the jury to complete its deliberations.

"Of course I got worried. Lawyers are paid to worry, and some are paid more than others," he joked. "We just sit around worrying about things we have no control over."

But he said that there were no regrets about prosecuting the charges, and he described the trial as necessary because Libby told lies in the course of an important investigation.

"We could not walk away from that, it is inconceivable any prosecutor could walk away from that," he said.

He later added, "We cannot tolerate perjury...if you don't tell the truth, we cannot make the judicial system work."

"What are we doing with this guy? Where's Rove? Were are these other bad guys," he said. "It seemed like Libby was the fall guy."

He added, "Some jurors commented 'this sucks' for Libby."

According to Collins, the jury believed that the former White House aide was "tasked by Vice President Dick Cheney to talk to reporters" about Valerie Plame and her husband, former Ambassador Joe Wilson.

I'm not a proponent of the death penalty, but if there is ever  an appropriate time to use it, treason sure fits the bill.

I always thought that revealing the name of a covert CIA operative fit that bill too.

I'm just putting 2 and 2 together, and getting more then perjury.

The main point is "that was not a crime"

Well, what the bushies did to my 27 year old niece is a crime!!!!!

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