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Libbyindictreax051028.sPubDate = "10/29/2005 2:33:02 AM GMT";
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Libbyindictreax051028.appHeader = "Reaction to Libby indictment";
Libbyindictreax051028.appDeck = "Responses to the Oct. 28 indictment of I. Lewis \"Scooter\" Libby Jr., aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, on charges of obstruction of justice, making a false statement and perjury in the CIA leak case:";
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Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","President Bush","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i-1].body = "“Scooter has worked tirelessly on behalf of the American people and sacrificed much in the service to this country. He served the vice president and me through extraordinary times in our nation’s history.”";

Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Vice President Dick Cheney","\"Scooter Libby is one of the most capable and talented individuals I have ever known. He has given many years of his life to public service and has served our nation tirelessly and with great distinction. In our system of government, an accused person is presumed innocent until a contrary finding is made by a jury after an opportunity to answer the charges and a full airing of the facts. Mr. Libby is entitled to that opportunity.\"","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i-1].body = "“When a vice president’s chief of staff is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice, it does show the world that this is a country that takes its law seriously; that all citizens are bound by the law.”";

Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Joseph A. Tate, counsel for Libby","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i-1].body = "“We are quite distressed the special prosecutor has decided to pursue alleged inconsistencies in Mr. Libby’s recollection and those of others’ and to charge such inconsistencies as false statements. As lawyers, we recognize that a person’s recollection and memory of events will not always match those of other people, particularly when they are asked to testify months after the events occurred.”";

Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i-1].body = "“Today is a sad day for America. When an indictment is delivered to the front door of the White House, the office of the president is defiled. No citizen can take pleasure from that.”";

Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.","\"They (the charges) suggest that a senior White House aide put politics ahead of our national security and the rule of law.\"","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.","\"At the heart of these indictments was the effort by the Bush administration to discredit critics of its Iraq policy with reckless disregard for national security and the public trust.\"","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.","\"All of the overlay of inquiries and investigations, it's not going to stop us from moving this body- the United States Senate- forward, answering the problems, the challenges that real families are feeling out there every day.\"","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.","\"[This case is] evidence of White House corruption at the very highest levels, far from the 'honor and dignity' the president pledged to restore to Washington just five years ago.\"","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i-1].body = "“This administration owes our CIA agents around the world a promise that their identities will never be jeopardized. And it owes the American people direct answers and responsible action.”";

Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas","\"The integrity of our judicial system demands an untarnished process void of prejudgments. Constant leaks about a leak investigation are not only ironic but unfair to those involved. Out of respect for our system of justice, everyone needs to take a deep breath and not judge those involved until it has been proven they are anything other than innocent. Today's announcement is the middle of the process, not the end.\"","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i-1].body = "“These very serious charges go to the heart of whether administration officials misused intelligence by disclosing an undercover CIA agent. They also heighten concerns that the administration engaged in a pattern of misusing intelligence to make the case for going to war with Iraq.”";

Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i-1].body = "“Mr. Libby has served his country for a long time and deserves his day in court. The burden lies on Mr. Fitzgerald to prove his case, not on Mr. Libby to prove his innocence.”";

Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i-1].body = "“It appears to be a case of revenge run amok.” — on allegations that the CIA leak was an effort to undermine a critic of the Iraq war.";

Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wis.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i-1].body = "“As so often happens with Washington scandals, it isn’t the original scandal that gets people in the most trouble — it’s the attempted cover-up.” ";

Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i-1].body = "“Scooter Libby did the right thing by resigning.”";

Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.","\"Today’s indictments represent the beginning, but not the end, of the process of finally holding the Bush administration accountable for its conduct in foisting a pre-emptive war on this country.\"","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Rep. Jim Ramstad, R-Minn.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Libbyindictreax051028[i-1].body = "\"It's time to stop the leaks and spin and turn Washington into one big recovery meeting where people say what they mean and mean what they say.\"";

Libbyindictreax051028[i++] = new Array("","Erwin Chemerinsky, a Duke Law School professor","\"What brought down the Nixon administration wasn’t the burglary itself, but the cover-up of it. What caused Clinton’s indictment wasn’t that he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky but he lied about it. It's consistent with what we’ve seen in scandals for a long time.\"","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
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