Bush commutes Libby sentence

[kandrathe]

... I'm confused. Scooter libby obstructs justice and perjures himself, and is sentenced to an entirely reasonable 30 months for those crimes. That doesn't exactly sound like a step away from show trials and political prisoners. If anything, a reasonably functional justice system is being impeded in its task by political interference.

No, I'm talking about 25 years of the political infighting using special prosecutors to go on fishing expeditions usually indicting the cronies of the incumbents on narrow interpretations of law. Let's ignore Scooter for a moment, and reflect on the numerous Clinton era psuedo-scandals and indictments. If only *real* crime were pursued with the same zeal and resources.

And, IIRC, you already have Amnesty International writing to your government asking them to release the prisoners held at Guantanamo wihtout due process.

Yes, they are. There is a difference between alleged foreign enemies caught on a battlefield, and US citizens imprisoned for disagreeing with powerful politiical parties. I fear that the political majority passes so many laws infringing on citizens liberties that it becomes impossible *not* to break the law.