Who Gets a Bush Pardon?

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Read The Washington Post on Bush's first round of pardons.

Bush, in Peruvian photo op, looked “eerily similar to Scooby Doo cartoon character Shaggy.”

President Bush has issued his first round of pardons, but the 14 beneficiaries make for a rather boring chain gang. Crimes pardoned include, according to The Washington Post, "wrongful use and distribution of marijuana and cocaine," "unauthorized use of a registered pesticide," and "acquiring food stamps without proper permission." No big names like Michael Milken or Conrad Black. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reports that Bush isn't inclined to grant a sweeping pardon for intelligence officials involved in the harsh interrogations of terrorist suspects. Some administration officials have advised him against such a pardon, saying it would essentially concede the illegality of the practice.

Read it at The Wall Street Journal

Posted at 7:22 AM, Nov 25, 2008

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