Dr. Doom himself (Dick Cheney) pushed President Bush hard to pardon Lewis Libby last month who was convicted in his role for leaking information about CIA employee Valerie Wilson. Bush stood his ground. Although, may I point I that previously Bush commuted Libby’s sentence which got him off a 30-month prison term. Apparently, Cheney wouldn’t rest until Libby was pardoned:

Dick Cheney spent his final days as vice president making a furious last-ditch effort to secure a pardon for his onetime chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby Jr., leaving him at odds with former President George W. Bush on a grave matter of personal loyalty as the two moved on to private life, according to several former officials.

The officials said Tuesday that Cheney’s lobbying campaign on Libby’s behalf was more intense than previously known. They said Bush was unyielding to the end, already frustrated by a deluge of last-minute pardon requests from other quarters.

Add that to his legacy book.

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