Bush not ruling out a pardon for Libby
By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff | July 4, 2007
WASHINGTON -- One day after commuting the sentence of former White House official I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, President Bush defended his decision and left open the possibility of granting him a full pardon, saying, "I rule nothing in or nothing out."
Federal officials, meanwhile, said that Bush's action on Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, marked the only time that the president has sidestepped the normal Justice Department review process on pardons and commutations.
I suppose that this will be followed by an observation that the next time, its not news, because, after all, its been done before.
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