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Scooter "28301-016" Libby
Scooter Libby has a new name: inmate number 28301-016. That's according to the Bureau of Prisons, which is ready and waiting for Libby's arrival.
After losing a motion earlier this month to delay his first day in prison, Libby's currently trying a last ditch appeal before reporting to prison later this summer. If he wins, he'll remain free until an appeals court decides whether to uphold the verdict against him; if he loses, only a pardon could save him from beginning to serve his 2 1/2 year sentence.
Ed. Note: Thanks to TPM Reader HC.
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Comments (19)
Billy Pilgrim wrote on June 28, 2007 1:07 PM:Perhaps the Republicans are angling for a hostage swap: Siegelman for Libby.
Karoelynne wrote on June 28, 2007 1:22 PM:I think I have my new Lotto numbers. 28-30-10-16
nofltwlt wrote on June 28, 2007 1:24 PM:Please send him to a real prison where he will receive the same treatment that he and his co-conspirators are giving to us (fkupthas).
Adam C. wrote on June 28, 2007 1:28 PM:283 oh-one?
Close enough for any of us free-associators who endured multiple onslaughts of a certain rather grating Broadway show in a past decade...
Max wrote on June 28, 2007 1:33 PM:Not "only a pardon", but "clemency", short of a pardon, could save his arse. Bush commutes the sentence, all the while saying "Pardon? What Pardon? I didn't Pardon anyone". Good old 28301-016 stays out of the Big House. And then, after the '08 Elections, with nothing at all left to loose, Bush issues the pardon.
ifthethunderdontgetya wrote on June 28, 2007 1:42 PM:Nobody is above the law, although Bush, Cheney, and the Beltway cocktail mob don't seem to have gotten the word.
Robert wrote on June 28, 2007 1:45 PM:28301-017 is a big, burly man...
Mark Richards wrote on June 28, 2007 1:48 PM:Any other folks convicted of a crime that any of us know about who get to languish for a few months prior to their jailing?
Anyone??
Watch: he'll get credit for time served while languishing.
Jail Bird wrote on June 28, 2007 1:59 PM:That BOP site is kind of fun. David Safavian's number is #28247-016 and he has the same status as Scooter. Jack Abramoff is #27593-112 and Bob Ney is 28882-016.
Here's something I didn't know - Manuel Antonio Noriega is scheduled for release in September 2007.
third man wrote on June 28, 2007 2:28 PM:I am sure there are some extra numbers that could be used for Darth Cheney, AbuG, and GWB.
code:bell as in ask not for whom it tolls
Billy Pilgrim wrote on June 28, 2007 2:33 PM:Jail Bird
That gives Noriega enough time to run as the next Republican presidential candidate, doesn't it? What, he wasn't born in this country? Maybe Arnold S. can help him get around that small obstacle.
Justintime wrote on June 28, 2007 2:35 PM:Surprising that BushCo failed to have Noriega whacked while he was in prison.
Noriega has a lot on BushCo just as Saddam did.
I hope Noriega gets into a witness protection program when he walks out.
Dead men tell no tales.
code word 'memory'
Anonymous wrote on June 28, 2007 2:36 PM:Is Alberto Gonzales pushing for the death penalty in this case?
Mike Valentine wrote on June 28, 2007 2:46 PM:Nothing like an inmate I.D. number to make your impending incarceration real.
Oh well, Fox will get him his own show in a year or two.
The Oracle wrote on June 28, 2007 3:28 PM:Alberto Gonzales' BOP inmate number: 66666-666.
mroom wrote on June 28, 2007 3:46 PM:Let's just hope that SCOTUS doesn't get involved.
M. Kulper wrote on June 28, 2007 6:44 PM:Have I mentioned the irony that Scooter Libby was once an attorney for Marc Rich back in the early 1990s, working to get him a presidential pardon?
It only took about 6 or 8 years for Marc Rich's presidential pardon to come through. Hopefully for Scooter, he's hired a better lawyer.
SamEllison wrote on June 28, 2007 11:42 PM:This guy is doing Cheney's time.
parrot wrote on June 30, 2007 2:06 AM:"Good man" he called him, he's doing your time Dick!
What?! They didn't give him a "00" number?! But, but...sigh.