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Pajamas Media: Why Obama Should Think Twice About Another Clinton Retread
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com: David Latt: "Bush Pardons Everyone Who Ever Worked in His Administration"
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias: Obama 2007 Radio Interview: My Attorney General Will Investigate Bush Executive Orders
The Moderate Voice: The Case for (and Against) Presidential Pardons
Why Obama Should Think Twice About Another Clinton Retread
Pajamas Media —
... racketeering, and trading with the enemy. Rich’s attorneys circumvented normal procedures, took the pardon to the White House attorneys, and gained pardon for their client, whose wife just happened to be a friend and major donor to the Clinton library, the Democratic Party, and Clinton’s legal defense fund. A firestorm ensued as did congressional investigations in which Democrats as well as Republicans excoriated the Clintons’ conduct. This was not a Republican-contrived controversy. Time reported at the onset of the hearings: But most see this as a source of bipartisan ...
David Latt: "Bush Pardons Everyone Who Ever Worked in His Administration"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... that be the headline on January 19th, 2009? Before he leaves office, will President Bush use his power to pardon to shield the members of his administration from legal action? If so, his pardons will be a last effort to avoid accountability.
We know that every President grants pardons in the final weeks of their term. And sometimes the people on those lists are surprises and they're controversial. Jimmy Carter pardoned Patti Hurst. Bill Clinton did the same for Marc Rich.
Who may be pardoned is outlined in Department of Justice guidelines: ...
Obama 2007 Radio Interview: My Attorney General Will Investigate Bush Executive Orders
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Many were expecting Bush to go after the Clinton administration for the shady last minute Marc Rich pardon, which Holder was deeply involved in. A June 2008 AP ...
The Case for (and Against) Presidential Pardons
The Moderate Voice —
... that none of the high profile, GOP friendly names which were anticipated made the list, such as Michael Milkin, Duke Cunningham, and Scooter Libby. These would likely have given them a cudgel to wield against conservatives when they regularly bring up the Clinton pardons of nefarious individuals such as Marc Rich. Conservatives, such as Town Hall’s ...
Maureen Dowd: Bush Didn't 'Want to Add a Marc Rich Blot' With Libby Pardon
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... It was his final, too little, too late “You are not the boss of me” spurning of Dick Cheney.
It may seem pointless for W. to worry about his legacy at this juncture, but he clearly did not want to add a Marc Rich blot to all the other gigantic blots on the copybook.
Approximating the Marc Rich case to that of Scooter Libby is akin to comparing Barney Frank to John Wayne. They have almost nothing in common, something even Dowd may have noticed.
As Time Magazine reported soon after Bill Clinton pardoned Rich, who had been on the FBI's 10 Most ...
