Lie for Us — We’ll Take Care of You

I don't usually bother with the right-wing legal blog Volokh Conspiracy for reasons Jim Henley summarized years ago. So I was pleasantly surprised to find these comments on the Libby commutation. Orin Kerr: [W]hether Scooter Libby's original sentence was exactly...

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Scooter on Probation

I see, via Brian Doherty over at Reason, that Scooter Libby is still going to have to pay a fine, and he'll also be on probation. Now there's a job -- Scooter Libby's probation officer. I suppose Scooter will have to stay away from the CIA, and he certainly won't be...

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‘Sanctions Are Preferable to War’

I'm not done with Andrew Sullivan yet. You'll recall this from Friday: I’d say it means we need to tighten the sanctions, especially on gasoline. If we can economically strangle the theo-fascists, it’s far preferable to war. You hear this sort of thing all the...

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