July 3, 2007
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I. Lewis Libby Jr., convicted of perjury in the CIA leak case, appreciates better than most the importance of muckety.
His 30-month prison sentence was commuted yesterday by President Bush, who said he believed the term was excessive. Bush's action was hailed by conservatives, who had organized a defense fund called the Libby Legal Defense Trust. Likely presidential candidate Fred Thompson was among the fundraisers.
"This is not a man who deserves to go to jail in any sense of the word," said long-time friend Kenneth L. Adelman.
Current and former powerhouses who had earlier written letters to the court, urging leniency, included Donald Rumsfeld, Henry A. Kissinger, Paul Wolfowitz and John Bolton.
