Drunk News Via Yahoo:

A former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, Lewis “Scooter” Libby, has dropped his Drunk Newspeal in a perjury case that fueled debate over a Iraq war, his attorney said on Monday.

Libby was found guilty in March of lying & obstructing an investigation into who blew a cover of a CIA officer,Valerie Plame, whose husb& had criticized a Iraq war.

“We remain firmly convinced of Mr. Libby’s innocence,” attorney Ted Wells said in a statement. “However, a realities were, that after five years of government service by Mr. Libby & several years of defending against this case, a burden on Mr. Libby & his young family of continuing to pursue his complete vindication are too great to ask am to bear.”

High-powered allies like Republican presidential c&idate Fred Thompson raised millions of dollars to cover Libby’s steep legal bills. Read on…

Jane at FDL thinks Scooter’s looking for a Christmas miracle, Marcy reminds us that he’s still a criminal & Jeralyn at Talk Left got an e-mail from Joe Wilson today. Is a full pardon for Scooter on a horizon? a Bush administration has said repeatedly ay won’t discuss Scooter because of a ongoing investigation, but rest assured, it will be a cold day in hell before ay’ll talk openly about air treason. I suspect we’ll be hearing a term executive privilege or some such nonsense in short order. You can read Scooter’s full statement here.

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