Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:50 PM ET, June 5, 2007

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Hilton Check-In / The Smoking Gun:
Scooter Libby Love Letters  —  Washington elite petition judge on behalf of convicted Cheney aide  —  Donald Rumsfeld, Henry Kissinger, Paul Wolfowitz, and John Bolton top the list of individuals who wrote a federal judge on behalf of former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby …
RELATED:
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Libby sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison  —  WASHINGTON - Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation.  —  Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney …
David Stout / New York Times:
Libby Gets 30 Months in Prison in C.I.A. Leak Case  —  I. Lewis Libby Jr., once one of the most powerful men in government as Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, was sentenced today to two and a half years in prison for lying to a grand jury and F.B.I. agents who were investigating …
Discussion: Norwegianity, FP Passport and Wonkette
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Sentencing Five  —  Need to consider seriousness of offense.  Investigation extremely serious.  Conduct of Mr Libby is serious behavior.  Has to be a sentence that promotes respect for law.  Indivs should understand there are consequences.  Obviously, punishment has to be considered.
CNN:
Libby sentenced to 30 months … WASHINGTON (CNN) — I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison for lying to investigators looking into the leak of a CIA operative's identity.  —  He also was fined $250,000.
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Sentencing Seven  —  Wells: all we're asking is a right to file a full brief.  —  Wells Fitz told me it was his position that he did not see Libby as flight risk.  Would agree to reasonable surrender date.  I told him in light of that.  —  Walton: I don't have a problem with having …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Think Progress
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Scooter Libby: 30 Months in Prison, $250k Fine  —  Update: They are now arguing the issue of bond pending appeal.  I didn't think they would do that before the Notice of Appeal and a formal motion for bond pending appeal was filed.  Marcy is covering the arguments.
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Sentencing Eight  —  Okay, so here is the summary so far:  —  Walton basically accepted the premise of Fitz' sentencing arguments, which put the range for the obstruction up to 30-37 months, but on the basis of the fact that Libby is a nice guy, took the lowest end of that range, 30 months.
Discussion: NO QUARTER
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Libby Sentencing  —  Marcy Wheeler is liveblogging …
Discussion: Firedoglake
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Sentencing One  —  Good morning firepups!
Discussion: TalkLeft
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:   Libby's Sentence  —  Libby is sentenced to thirty months …
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Sentencing Six
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Democratic earmark reforms lasted 100 days  —  When Democrats took control of Congress four months back, incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., bragged it would take her party less than 100 hours to curb wasteful pork spending by requiring members to attach their names to their …
RELATED:
NewDonkey.com:
Two What-Ifs  —  The big what-if in the news today was in sports, when Florida basketball coach Billy Donovan scuttled back to Gainesville four days after penning a big-bux contract to go to the NBA's Orlando Magic.  This was a what-if not only for the Magic, but for the daisy-chain of hirings …
Discussion: Sports Illustrated
RELATED:
Libby Spencer / The Newshoggers:
Jeri Thompson - asset or albatross?  [Part Two]  —  It never fails.  You do a throw-away post at the end of the day that you think no one is even going to read and it generates a firestorm of criticism.  After over four years of blogging, I'm used to that.
RELATED:
Dan Senor / Opinion Journal:
Realists on Iraq  —  Democratic presidential candidates should listen to the "experts" they so often cite.  —  During Sunday night's Democratic presidential debate, the candidates cited an oft-repeated source of the mess in Iraq: The White House's refusal to heed knowledgeable advice.
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Cheated of Future, Iraqi Graduates Want to Flee  —  They started college just before or after the American invasion with dreams of new friends and parties, brilliant teachers and advanced degrees that would lead to stellar jobs, marriage and children.  Success seemed well within their grasp.
Hillel Fendel / Arutz Sheva:
Editor Admits: We Slanted the News  —  (IsraelNN.com) A former Israel Broadcasting Authority news editor admits: "We slanted the news towards a withdrawal from Lebanon - because we had sons there."  —  Speaking at the Haifa Radio Conference on Monday, several former and current news broadcasters …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 2:50 PM ET, June 5, 2007.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Associated Press:
Kalamazoo no longer will provide health benefits to gay partners
Margery Eagan / Boston Herald:
The Hill's got eyes: Medical marvel or makeup, new look turning heads
CNN:
GOP 10 jostle for spotlight
Mark Oliver / Guardian:
Bin Laden 'alive and well'
Discussion: The Newshoggers
JMG / Barcepundit:
SO ETA'S hudna, declared fourteen months ago, is now officially over:
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Olbermann: The Nexus Of Politics And Terror
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Tribunal System, Newly Righted, Stumbles Again
Babalu Blog:
What in the world is Matt Lauer reporting on in Cuba?
 Earlier Items: 
Theo Emery / New York Times:
In Tennessee, Goats Eat the 'Vine That Ate the South'
Alex Beam / Boston Globe:
Just the facts — and they're always right
New York Post:
GRAY LADY, GRIM AGENDA
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Power Line
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
McCain urges rivals to avoid divisive issue
Robert Pear / New York Times:
A Point System for Immigrants Incites Passions
Susan Jo Keller / New York Times:
Senator Craig Thomas of Wyoming Dies at 74
Little Green Footballs:
Video: 60% of UK Muslims Deny 7/7 Bombings
Richard Chesnoff / NY Daily News:
A war that never ends