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Libby case cited as precedent: In arguing against jail time for his client, the attorney for disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy has invoked the case of former White House official Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Libby was sentenced to 30 months in jail and two years of probation for charges including obstruction of justice and perjury. President...; Tags: Games, Libby, NBA, obstruction, president, probation; Research articles 2008-05-21
WR Grace to pay federal government $250 million for Montana asbestos: HELENA, Mont. -- W.R. Grace & Co. has agreed to reimburse the federal government $250 million for the investigation and cleanup of asbestos contamination blamed for sickening hundreds of people, some fatally, in the northwestern Montana town of Libby. Approval of a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge is necessary...; Tags: asbestos, bankruptcy, cleanup, Government, Libby, Litigation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Research articles 2008-03-17
W.R. Grace to Pay for Cleanup of Asbestos Contamination in Libby, Montana: To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2007 WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- W.R. Grace, a global supplier of specialty chemicals, has agreed to pay $250 million, the highest sum in the history of the Superfund program, to reimburse the federal government for...; Tags: asbestos, bankruptcy, cleanup, Government, Libby, Litigation, Montana, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Research articles 2008-03-11
New Report: Stoves & Fireplace Inserts Save Money, Clean the Air: To: OUTDOORS EDITORS Contact: Leslie Wheeler or Deidra Darsa, +1-703-522-0086; both for the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association Pilot Project Demonstrates Effectiveness of Wood Stove Changeouts;Nationwide Tax Incentives Proposed ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers who install new wood stoves this winter not only will enjoy warmer homes,...; Tags: Libby, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Research articles 2008-01-31
Libby says he's dropping appeal in leak case involving outed agent: WASHINGTON -- I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, announced Monday that he was dropping the appeal of his conviction for perjury and obstruction of justice in the CIA leak case. The move comes five months after President Bush commuted the 30- month...; Tags: agent, CIA, conviction, Libby, White House; Research articles 2007-12-11

Ex-White House aide Scooter Libby drops appeal: WASHINGTON AFP — A former top White House aide partially pardoned after being served a jail term for obstructing a probe into the outing of a CIA agent has dropped his appeal in the case, lawyers said Monday. In July President George W. Bush pardoned Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, aide, CIA, Government, lawyer, Libby; Research articles 2007-12-10
Ex-Bush aide says he was misled: Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan writes in a memoir that he unintentionally misled the public about the leak of a CIA operative's name because of misinformation given to him by President Bush, political adviser Karl Rove and other top officials. A three-paragraph excerpt from the book...; Tags: CIA, FINANCE, Investment, Libby, memoir, president, White House; Research articles 2007-11-21
Rove leaving Bush administration at end of August, plans to spend: WASHINGTON -- Karl Rove, President Bush's close friend and chief political strategist, announced Monday he will leave the White House at the end of August, joining a lengthening line of senior officials heading for the exits in the final 1 1/2 years of the administration. On board with...; Tags: Bush, CAREER, Iraq, Libby, president, White House; Research articles 2007-08-13
Friends in High Places: As is often the case in the Bush White House, it was a decision made swiftly, and with stealth. For weeks, allies of I. Lewis Scooter Libby had aggressively lobbied the president to pardon Dick Cheney's former chief of staff. Libby's powerful supporters--including major GOP fund-raisers like Florida developer Melvin...; Tags: aide, Bush, FINANCE, Investment, Libby, president, White House; Research articles 2007-07-16
President says CIA leak is old news not worth discussing: WASHINGTON -- President Bush always said he would wait to talk about the CIA leak case until after the investigation into his administration's role. On Thursday, he skipped over that step and pronounced the matter old news hardly worth discussing. "It's run its course," he said. "Now we're...; Tags: Bush, CIA, Libby, president, SECURITY, U.S. Congress, White House; Research articles 2007-07-13
Bush dodges questions about CIA leak: WASHINGTON -- President Bush always said he would wait to talk about the CIA leak case until after the investigation into his administration's role. On Thursday, he skipped over that step and pronounced the matter old news hardly worth discussing. "It's run its course," he said. "Now...; Tags: Bush, CIA, Libby, president, SECURITY, U.S. Congress, White House; Research articles 2007-07-13
Two for the low road: IT'S hard to say who is more indebted to President Bush -- Scooter Libby or Bill Clinton. Libby owes the president for his freedom. As for Clinton, he owes Bush for the political pardon he has been granted by Americans. Many voters who once suffered from Clinton fatigue have succumbed...; Tags: FINANCE, Libby, president, Taxes, White House; Research articles 2007-07-10
Our faux constitutional crisis: PRACTICALLY everything else in American life has been dumbed down, so why not constitutional crises? The braying over President Bush's commutation of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence is that Bush has undermined the rule of law and the Constitution. ...; Tags: administration, Bush, CIA, Government, Libby, president; Research articles 2007-07-09
Our faux constitutional crisis: PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING else in American life has been dumbed down, so why not constitutional crises? The braying over President Bush's commutation of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence is that Bush has undermined the rule of law and the Constitution. ...; Tags: Bush, CIA, Government, Libby, president; Research articles 2007-07-09
Bush official can't pardon Clintons' gall over Libby: WASHINGTON -- The White House on Thursday made fun of former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for criticizing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. "I don't know what Arkansan is for chutzpah, but this...; Tags: Libby, MARKETING, president, probation, White House; Research articles 2007-07-07
Bush official can't pardon Clintons' gall over Libby: WASHINGTON -- The White House on Thursday made fun of former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for criticizing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. "I don't know what Arkansan is for chutzpah, but this...; Tags: Libby, MARKETING, president, probation, White House; Research articles 2007-07-06
Bush official can't pardon Clintons' gall over Libby: WASHINGTON -- The White House on Thursday made fun of former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for criticizing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. "I don't know what Arkansan is for chutzpah, but this...; Tags: Libby, MARKETING, president, probation, White House; Research articles 2007-07-06
Bush official can't pardon Clintons' gall over Libby: WASHINGTON -- The White House on Thursday made fun of former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for criticizing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. "I don't know what Arkansan is for chutzpah, but this...; Tags: Bush, Libby, MARKETING, president, probation, White House; Research articles 2007-07-06
Bush official can't pardon Clintons' gall over Libby: WASHINGTON -- The White House on Thursday made fun of former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for criticizing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. "I don't know what Arkansan is for chutzpah, but this...; Tags: Bush, Libby, MARKETING, president, probation, White House; Research articles 2007-07-06
Clintons lampooned for criticizing Bush's action on Libby: WASHINGTON -- The White House on Thursday made fun of former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for criticizing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. "I don't know what Arkansan is for chutzpah, but this is...; Tags: Bush, Libby, MARKETING, president, probation, White House; Research articles 2007-07-06