WASHINGTON - Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, in a sentencing memo, has recommended that former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby spend 2-1/2 to 3 years in prison for obstructing the CIA leak investigation.
Libby was convicted in March of four of five felony counts against him. He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 5th before U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton
Falsehoods were central
Judge Walton is not compelled to follow federal sentencing guidelines and could impose either a stronger or weaker sentence on Libby.
Fitzgerald wrote in the 18-page memo, "Particularly in a case such as this, where Mr. Libby was a high-ranking government official whose falsehoods were central to issues in a significant criminal investigation, it is important that this court impose a sentence that accurately reflects the value the judicial system places on truth-telling in criminal investigations."
The Special Counsel said that the "deliberate" outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame was a very serious breach, "The allegations underlying this investigation were serious: that high-ranking government officials, in the course of responding to political criticisms of the present administration by Ms. Wilson's husband, had deliberately, recklessly or negligently compromised her identity as an intelligence agent, posing risks to intelligence assets and operations."
Unanswered questions
Fitzgerald said that it was apparent from early in the investigation that classified information relating to a covert intelligence agent had been disclosed without authorization.
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Fitzgerald writes, "As an experienced attorney, Mr. Libby knew well both the seriousness of this investigation and the range of options available to him as the investigation progressed. He, of course, could have told the truth, even if, as was the case for many other witnesses, doing so risked the possibility of criminal prosecution, or personal or political embarrassment."
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No one was charged with the leak itself, including the initial source of the disclosure, former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.
The problem with sentencing Libby too soon is that the full impact of what they were trying to do to me - their betrayal - is not clearly understood. When it becomes known that they were engaged in arson to cover their tracks of stealing my identity, then a greater prison for him would be understandable. As it is now, 3 years in prison for him is just another insult. He should get at least 50 years in prison.
Richard Armitage was just about the same age on 6/19/1968 as I was on the day I recognize as when I graduated the U.S. Naval Academy. I recognize the day 6/19/1968 as an important day for me during the Vietnam War.
From 4/26/1945 to 6/19/1968 is: 8455 days
From 3/3/1959 to 4/30/1982 is: 8459 days
Richard Lee Armitage (born April 26, 1945) was the 13th United States Deputy Secretary of State, the second-in-command at the State Department, serving from 2001 to 2005.
What would be cool would be a kind of life-aboard-ship photo of the USS Cole where there was a television in the background with an image of Phoebe on the screen from "Gremlins." That would be funny, especially if it was that scene where she was talking about the reason she hated Christmas, except that I'm not sure if I would recognize that scene as I can't actually remember the last time I saw that movie. I vaguely "remember" seeing it but only in the context of my artificial memory.
From 4/4/2006 to 3/3/2007 is: 333 days
Foiled is the fifth album by Blue October. It was released on April 4, 2006 through Universal Records. The album has been certified platinum in the United States and Canada.
The album was originally going to be titled "Beyond the Sadness" and was to be released October 11, 2005.
"Hate Me" is the first single from the album. A video for the song appeared on VH1 and the song peaked at number two on the Modern Rock charts.
The second single "Into the Ocean" was also successful on radio and the video peaked at number one on VH1.
The track "Congratulations" features guest vocals by Imogen Heap. The track "Into The Ocean" features guest vocals from Zayra Alvarez known best for her appearance on Rock Star: Supernova. Other guest singers appear on the song "Overweight" but are not named in the album credits.
The version of the album released in Europe contains the bonus tracks "Independently Happy" and "Chameleon Boy", from Consent to Treatment and History for Sale, respectively, but does not contain the hidden track "It's Just Me."
"Drilled a Wire Through My Cheek" was also included on the Saw III Soundtrack.
Track listing
"You Make Me Smile" – 4:21
"She's My Ride Home" – 4:41
"Into the Ocean" – 3:59
"What If We Could" – 4:03
"Hate Me" – 6:20
"Let It Go" – 4:03
"Congratulations" – 4:01
"Overweight" – 4:24
"X-Amount of Words" – 4:14
"Drilled a Wire Through My Cheek" – 4:32
"Sound of Pulling Heaven Down" – 4:42
"Everlasting Friend" – 4:05
"18th Floor Balcony"– 11:12
Contains the hidden track "It's Just Me"
BLUE OCTOBER LYRICS
"Into The Ocean"
I'm just a normal boy
That sank when I fell overboard
My ship would leave the country
But I'd rather swim ashore
Without a life vest I'd be stuck again
Wish I was much more masculine
Maybe then I could learn to swim
Like 'fourteen miles away'
Now floating up and down
I spin, colliding into sound
Like whales beneath me diving down
I'm sinking to the bottom of my
Everything that freaks me out
The lighthouse beam has just run out
I'm cold as cold as cold can be
be
I want to swim away but don't know how
Sometimes it feels just like I'm falling in the ocean
Let the waves up take me down
Let the hurricane set in motion... yeah
Let the rain of what I feel right now...come down
Let the rain come down
Where is the coastguard
I keep looking each direction
For a spotlight, give me something
I need something for protection
Maybe flotsam junk will do just fine
the jetsam sunk, I'm left behind
I'm treading for my life believe me
(How can I keep up this breathing)
Not knowing how to think
I scream aloud, begin to sink
My legs and arms are broken down
With envy for the solid ground
I'm reaching for the life within me
How can one man stop his ending
I thought of just your face
Relaxed, and floated into space
I want to swim away but don't know how
Sometimes it feels just like I'm falling in the ocean
Let the waves up take me down
Let the hurricane set in motion... yeah
Let the rain of what I feel right now...come down
Let the rain come down
Let the rain come down
Now waking to the sun
I calculate what I had done
Like jumping from the bow (yeah)
Just to prove that I knew how (yeah)
It's midnight's late reminder of
The loss of her, the one I love
My will to quickly end it all
Set front row in my need to fall
Into the ocean, end it all
Into the ocean, end it all
Into the ocean, end it all
into the ocean...end it all
[Zayra]
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
I want to swim away but don't know how
Sometimes it feels just like I'm falling in the ocean
Let the waves up take me down
Let the hurricane set in motion (yeah)
Let the rain of what I feel right now...come down
Let the rain come down
Let the rain come down
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
(In to space)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
(I thought of just your face)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
