People in the Slashdot discussion were pointing out that if Bush had granted an outright pardon, Libby could no longer plead the 5th in testifying against him and Cheney.
And 30 months may well have been excessive. He still could have commuted the sentence after at least some of it had been served.
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Date: 2007-07-04 01:31 am (UTC)And 30 months may well have been excessive. He still could have commuted the sentence after at least some of it had been served.