Ex-White House Aide Libby Disbarred

Scooter Libby Banned From Practicing Law In Washington Due To Conviction In CIA Leak Case

(AP)  Former top White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was banned Thursday from practicing law in the nation's capital following his perjury conviction in the case of a CIA operative's leaked identity.

The disbarment order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia had been expected.

"When a member of the bar is convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude, disbarment is mandatory," the appeals court ruled.

Last May, a court panel that oversees lawyer ethics recommended that Libby be stripped of his law license in Washington. The Board on Professional Responsibility then found that Libby's conviction for lying to the FBI about the case of former CIA operative Valerie Plame amounted to "crimes that involve moral turpitude."

"This action is required by the rules following a conviction regardless of the merits of the case, and for that reason Mr. Libby expected and did not oppose the court's order," said Libby attorney William Jeffress.

Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was first licensed to work as a lawyer in Washington in 1978. His membership with the D.C. bar also was suspended for failing to pay his dues, records show.

Thursday's appeals court ruling also noted that "neither bar counsel nor respondent has taken exception to the board's report and recommendation."

Libby was the only person to face criminal charges in the case of the 2003 leak of Plame's identity. Plame has since left the CIA and contends the White House was trying to discredit her husband, a critic of President Bush's Iraq policy.

Last July, Mr. Bush commuted Libby's 2 1/2-year sentence, sparing him from serving any prison time after being convicted of perjury and obstructing justice. Libby dropped appeals to have his convictions overturned. He has paid a $250,000 fine and remains on two years probation.

[jaykay3141]

A call from the Oval Office:

"Uncle ***, last year some BAD MEN in BLACK ROBES told my friend Scooter than he had to stay in a special room for a long time so we couldn''t play together. Then you gave me this piece of paper to sign so those BAD MEN couldn''t tell my friend Scooter to go to his room. Now more BAD MEN want to take away all of Scooter''s toys so he can''t do all the things he used to. Uncle ***, is there anything else I can do so Scooter can pal around with me?"

"Georgie, I''ll be right over with more papers for you to sign. Like always, don''t do anything until I tell you to."

10 months and counting. Tell the World Court to be ready.

[mcvet]

What"s good for the goose is good for the goose stepper.




Posted by Iceman_1960 at 09:24 PM : Mar 20, 20

ROFLMAO Now this is good. Hey Ice mind if I borrow it? ROFLMAO

[feelfree1]

Second...

[brianbwb-2009]

Disbarred? What does that matter, Libby will never miss a steak, or a bottle of liquor in his life. He wouldn''t have accepted his "patsy" role if there hadn''t been some secret financial gain.

I call for a movement to be established, whose goal is to bring Bush and his co-conspirators to justice, no matter how long it takes.

[feelfree1]

Libby, Wolfowitz, Perle, Feith, Kristol, Abrams, Franklin, Frum, and the rest of the subhuman Zionist neo-fascistic scum that have hijacked and infested our national government, and who engineered the destruction of Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti, Palestine, Lebanon, as well as our own economy, our blood, our treasure, our security, and our dignity- these men, along with the other neo-********, must be held to account and purged from our system, for what they have done.

[alphaa10-2009]

Libby, his professional career ruined, had the splendid satisfaction of falling on the grenade that might have taken out Rove, Cheney, possibly Bush, himself.

Just as Ollie North spared so many of his co-conspirators, the GOP villains never lack for bagmen.

Libby, himself, did not plan to be a victim or a human shield-- Rove, Cheney and company made him one.

[david1737]

It''s about time. The treasonous republicans need to be jailed at the very least.

McCain equals more of the same!

[miles1967-2009]

Where the he_ll are all of the right-wing sheep to comment on this story?!? I guess they only flood with their hyppcritical, moronic hate if the post is related to Obama.

Scooter, Cheney, Rove, Bush, Rumsfeld, etc...their lies and deceit against humanity will be judged by a higher power.

[neobrian-2009]

BAR SHRUB from the White House
WATERBOARD him ! Then Jail Him before escapes to Dubai
Wrong a Dong wants to lick his boots,let him !
He should have to earn his welfare check,..
BAR Dicckhead Cheney from the White House Too!
He`s Stolen Enough,..Shrub and him should rot in prison
for their crimes against humanity,.
ALL GOP sect members should forfeit all assets ,..They`ll remain in a trust fund to be distributed to the families of the war dead and the Maimed soldiers.

[fightfascism]

Good call iceman! I''m sure if "scooter" had been part of a democrat admin, the regressives''d be calling for the death penalty for his role in the neocon bush/cheney act of treason. They, the regressives, seem awfully quiet on this one though. I say he should be tried as the commie traitor he is and barred from working in this country at all.