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Scooter Libby not guilty! Cheney still at-large!

Well ... ok ... Libby was found not-guilty on account of making false statements to the FBI; but he was convicted on 4 others and stands to be in jail for up to 30 years :

Jury convicts Libby on four charges - Politics - MSNBC.com:

Libby faced two counts of perjury, two counts of lying to the FBI and one count of obstruction of justice. Prosecutors said he discussed Plame's name with reporters and, fearing prosecution, made up a story to make those discussions seem innocuous.

Libby's defense team said he learned about Plame from Cheney, forgot about it, then learned it again a month later from newsman Tim Russert of NBC’s “Meet the Press”. Anything he told reporters about Plame, Libby said, was just chatter and rumors, not official government information.

Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said that was a lie. But Libby's defense team had argued that it would be unfair to convict Libby in a case where so many witnesses changed their stories or had memory problems.

“We think we made an appropriate decision, and we have no regrets,” Fitzgerald told reporters after the verdict was announced.

Dick Cheney though, is still at-large; alebit with a blood clot in his leg waiting to explode.


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