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7:45 PM ET, July 5, 2007

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Tony Snow / USA Today:
President respects justice  —  So he lifted excessive sentence but left convictions, fine, probation.  —  President Bush commuted part of Lewis Libby's sentence because he considered a 30-month stretch in prison too severe.  Libby was convicted of obstruction of justice and perjury …
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The Smoking Gun:
Libby Pays The Man  —  Sentence commuted, convicted felon scoots to take care of 250K fine  —  On the same day that President George W. Bush wiped away his 30-month prison sentence, convicted former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby purchased a $250,400 cashier's check to cover fines imposed …
Discussion: Wonkette and The Next Hurrah
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
LIBBY PAYS $250,000 FINE  —  From NBC's Joel Seidman and Mark Murray  —  Convicted former top White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has paid the fine of $250,400.00.  The U.S. District Court has posted the canceled check on the docket this afternoon.  (Our question: Where did Libby get this money to write this hefty check?)
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Libby Fallout: House Committee Plans Hearing, Defense Lawyers Rejoice  —  It turns out that a president can't make the unprecedented move of commuting a former aide's prison sentence without some consequences.  —  On Capitol Hill, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) …
CNN:
White House attacks Clinton 'chutzpah'
Discussion: bustardblog
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
What Was Bush Thinking?  —  President Bush apparently doesn't feel …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Democrats.com
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Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Paper With Strong Military Readership Calls for Iraq Pullout  —  NEW YORK Even though U.S. casualties in Iraq continue to mount — and we have now been there longer than we were involved in World War II — surprisingly few newspaper editorial pages have come out for any kind of withdrawal …
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
Domenici breaks with Bush  —  .... To break with the president over the war.  —  In Albuquerque today, Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), a six-term incumbent who faces reelection next year, said he was "unwilling to continue our current strategy" in Iraq.  —  The announcement follows the split …
Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Domenici Breaks With White House, Calls For Implementing ISG Recommendations  —  Put down the name of Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) as the latest Republican to break with the Bush Administration's policies on Iraq, after a long history of backing their positions in Congress.
Izhar Wani / Agence France Presse:
Muslim 'Rage Boy' says he's really angry  —  SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - He has become the face of Muslim fury: an angry young man whose bushy beard and fiery-eyed scowl take centre stage at nearly every pro-Islamic demonstration in Indian Kashmir.  —  Shakeel Bhat, 31, has been displaying …
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The Atlantic Online:
Gary Hart, Lynne Cheney, and War with China  —  I mentioned this yesterday in the (somewhat-insiderish) realm of the Atlantic's "Aspen Ideas Festival" blog, but the point seemed worth repeating in this marginally more public venue.  The item appears after the jump, or at this link.
John Steel / Telegraph:
45 Muslim doctors planned US terror raids  —  A group of 45 Muslim doctors threatened to use car bombs and rocket grenades in terrorist attacks in the United States during discussions on an extremist internet chat site.  —  Police found details of the discussions on a site run by one of a three-strong "cyber-terrorist" gang.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
White House: "Equal Justice?"  —  Sometimes it's just too easy.  From this afternoon's White House press briefing: … More below....  From the briefing:
Bob Geiger:
GOP Senators Who Voted For Clinton Impeachment Dead Silent On Libby  —  Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) was aghast.  He was indignant as hell about how having a high public official involved in something like perjury and obstruction of justice can damage the very foundation on which our nation was built …
Discussion: Think Progress
 
 
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