->>  >> *YOU* keep forgetting about lying under oath about anything is a
->>  >> crime, it's called perjury.

->>  RS> So why isn't Libby in jail?

->> Why isn't Bill Clinton in jail?

 EC> He cannot answer that honestly.  He would have to go back
 EC> to all his Clinton defenses, and have them reexamined in
 EC> light of his opinions on the Libby conviction.  Such as his

 How does that relate to my long standing "none of you have shown
 that Clinton did lie under oath?" Which I did post as my
 response.

 EC> belief that the perjury in the Paula Jones testimony was no
 EC> big deal, since the Jones civil suit was settled out of
 EC> court.  Libby lied about something that never WENT to court
 EC> itself.

 Actually, the Jones suit was dismissed by the judge as without
 merit whatsoever.

 EC> Clinton had a prosecutor who was willing to let the charges
 EC> go in return for an admission, paying a fine, and handing
 EC> over his law license.

 Uh... the special prosecutor had zip to do with his law license.
 He never admitted to perjury. I don't recall him admitting
 anything to the special persecutor. It has been a while, I had
 to look it up, the fine was also about the law license. Oh, and
 the law license was suspended for 5 years.

 EC> Libby had a prosecutor who insisted
 EC> on jail time, but who in the end didn't get it.

 Maybe because Libby was guilty of a real crime, outing a covert
 agent. And busting her network.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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