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He would contend that he was not, that cheney himself had not leaked the name. and so it's a more discrete set of facts that they're dealing with here in the midst of an enormous political storm. that's so similar to what we're in right now. >> good point. and it is important to remember that this was an obstruction of justice case, not a conclusively a case of libby leaking plame's identity, but part of the leak investigation that he got caught up in. legally speaking, what's your take on this whole episode? >> well, there is a couple of odd things about it, katy. first, this is a pardon with...

Servant for a long time. once her name was made public, she could no longer serve in that capacity at the central intelligence agency in an undercover position. so they paid an enormous personal price for being thrust into a national news story. at the same time, today the libby family is also thanking the president for this pardon. as ambassador wilson pointed out and the law may provide that a pardon does admit guilt, they are certainly not doing that. libby says that he and his family are immensely grateful to president trump for his gracious decision to grant a pardon. they have suffered u...

You want to betray your country, that's fine, because trump will pardon you if it suits his venal political interests. he is a vile and despicable individual who is undermining the democracy of our country and whose administration is a rank repudiation of everything that my generation, since the end of the second world war, has tried to put into place to ensure global stability. he is a menace to society and by bringing the neoconservatives back into his administration, he is an appeaser to those interests that he opposed when he ran for president, and he's also essentially developing a coalit...

Sending. >> well, if the president wanted to remove the appearance of message sending, he could have done this the day he walked in to the oval office. he could do it on his day walking out. or at some time when it is not the obvious question that is next asked. the president has that power. we saw that he didn't follow the department of justice process with the joe arpaio pardon, as well, although libby's lawyers say they have been going through the mechanism in the department of justice to file for this. so the president has to be mindful of timing. when you are the president, your actions c...

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