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Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald disputed Bush's assertion that the prison term was excessive. Libby was sentenced under the same laws as other criminals, Fitzgerald said. "It is fundamental to the rule of law that all citizens stand before the bar of justice as equals."




Fitz is right. Li'l Kim did a year for lying to the Grand Jury. Martha Stewart did time for lying to the FBI. Why should Scooter be treated any differently? Even Nixon had the grace (or sense) to let his minions go to prison rather than pardon them or commute their sentences. Of course, Nixon had a House that had the numbers to impeach him, which, in the end, drove him to resign. Bush doesn't have that problem.