Lying.... isn't that what Scooter also is minimizing?

Dear me...

Same judge who sentenced Ney.

More than what prosecutors asked for, huh? That's pretty unusual, isn't it?

Wonder how his galpal Italia Federici is holding up?

/snark

Bummer, dude! Well, thanks for taking one for the gipper...

C'mon, Stevie - they let you take the rap and now you're going to prison - you've got a record, and while that may not be a big disadvantage in Republican circles these days, it's still gotta hurt.

I keep looking for a John Dean, but given what happend to Jill Dana Simpson, it may not happen. The Bush Crime Family is getting desperate and getting physical. Maybe Alberto should start having his body guard start the car.

Where are the WaPo weepers for Griles? Where's the Bork and pals letter? Why isn't Tweety or Lil' Russ or even one of the Fox dopes wailing about the injustice?
How come Libby gets all the WaPo etc., love?

Seriously, I want to know, why Griles gets double time and don't let the cell door hit you when it swings shut, while Libby is held out as some great miscarriage of justice. It can't just be Abramoff.

Well, Griles has some consolation in a lot of his Administration colleagues also spending a few months each at Club Fed in the near future. They can also buy some 'Dirty Rotten Bastards Club' t-shirts in Alaska for their reunions!

Griles had 91 letters, including top officials at Interior and DoJ, tribal leaders, former Bush and Reagan appointees, asking for leniency. These letters, and Griles' own pleading, viewed anything more than the tiniest slap on the wrist as a monumental injustice.

Griles' sentencing did not go unnoticed. In fact, the GOP is absolutely terrified he'll turn, as then the whole house of cards starts to come down (which will make the Abramoff scandal pale in comparison.)

The DoI was Cheney's personal playpen. They all viewed the oil, gas, mining, timber, grazing, etc., revenues from federal and tribal land as they're own personal slush fund. Just imagine the size of some of those offshore bank accounts.

boohoo boohooing to the judge and his lawyer wanted in home detention, so he could laugh at the system!
"I got no reputation now, boohoo boohoo.
I remember him testifying all too well, and the obvious scorn he had for the Senators who were grilling griles! :>)
Let that be a lesson to those who think its cool to lie. 10 months!! double the recommended time ! wahooo wahoo.....
Glad the Judge saw through that lying suck!

What in hell is "pro bono lobbying"?

SC = debt. As in, The debt to society Griles pays is relatively small change, sorta about the cost of a shoeshine. Turns out, though, he wears two shoes.

Now we'll see if he tries to work a plea deal.

TheOtherWA (cool name)

Simpson. is said to have seen her house burned down and car run off the road and totaled, on the Pelican Brief model.

After reading about Cheney's involvement in the Department of the Interior's business in today's WaPo, you have to ask if he interjected himself in the Griles case.

From the AP story:

"...[Prosecutor] Bonilla ran down the list of contacts between the two men and said prosecutors had planned to indict Griles on multiple felony counts. Huvelle questioned why the Justice Department had accepted the deal, one which she later told Griles was "very favorable."...

Griles is not cooperating in the investigation. Federici pleaded guilty this month tax evasion and obstruction and is helping investigators..."

Are DOJ prosecutors who were frustrated by Cheney in the Griles case using Federici to back into a corruption investigation at the DOI?

Federici is not scheduled to be sentenced until November so she has a lot of time to talk about Gale Norton, Steve Griles, Julie Finley and who funded CREA besides Abramoff's Indian tribes.

A few weeks ago, the Legal Times blog, BLT, wrote that CREA vice-president, R. Jared Carpenter, was going to plead guilty to tax evasion in July. Will Carpenter cooperate with the Feds, too?