Bush spares Libby from prison
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President George W. Bush on Monday spared former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby from prison, enraging Democrats who accused Bush of abusing power in a case that has fueled debate over the Iraq war.
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Former senior Bush administration aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby was today jailed for perjury.
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President Bush commuted the sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby yesterday, sparing Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff 2 1/2  years in prison after a federal appeals court had refused to let Libby remain free while he appeals his conviction for lying to federal investigators.
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President Bush granted four pardons Tuesday, bringing to just 31 the total of pardons and sentence commutations he has issued during his first term, the Justice Department announced.
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About to have lunch, President Bush paused at a television in the small dining room off the Oval Office to watch the verdict in the trial of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Disappointed at the result, Bush told aides he was sorry for Libby and his family.
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President Bush signs an executive order banning cruel treatment of terrorism suspects during interrogation.
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House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers exhorted President Bush Monday to allow top aides to explain to Congress why Bush commuted I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence.
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President Bush spared former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby from a 2 1/2-year prison term in the CIA leak investigation Monday, delivering a political thunderbolt in the highly charged criminal case. Bush said the sentence was just too harsh.
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President Bush expressed sadness over the conviction of the vice presidentâs former chief of staff, while a spokesman tried to douse speculation about a pardon.
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President George W. Bush on Tuesday refused to rule out a pardon for former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a day after sparing him from prison in a case that helped seal his Iraq legacy and gave ammunition to Democrats.
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President George W. Bush temporarily  handed his powers to Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday  morning while he was sedated for a routine colon cancer test at  the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md., the White House  said.
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President Bush's decision to spare former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby from going to prison &#151; but not pardoning him &#151; may have been an attempt to have it both ways. If so, it appears to have proved only partially successful.
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US President George W Bush intervenes to stop convicted White House aide Lewis Libby from going to prison.
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President Bush today refused to rule out a pardon for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, one day after he spared the former White House aide prison time by commuting the 30-month sentence imposed after Libby's perjury conviction in the CIA leak case.
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President creates political firestorm by intervening to stop disgraced White House aide from going to jail.
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Former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted on Tuesday of lying and obstructing an investigation into who blew the cover of a CIA analyst in an effort to deflect criticism of the Iraq war.
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A federal appeals court ruled today that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, must report to prison shortly to begin serving his 30-month sentence for lying to federal investigators about his role in leaking a CIA officer's identity.