Truthout points out an interesting irony about President Bush’s commutation of felon and undercover uncoverer, Scooter Libby:

Attorneys See Irony in Libby Case

The Associated Press’ Matt Apuzzo reports that President Bush knew exactly what he was getting when he made Reggie B. Walton one of his first picks for a seat on the federal bench in 2001: a tough-on-crime judge with a reputation for handing down stiff sentences. “A former deputy drug adviser, federal prosecutor and Superior Court judge, Walton seemed a perfect fit for the new president,” Apuzzo writes. “And Walton didn’t disappoint, proving to be exactly the kind of no-nonsense judge Bush was looking for. Until now. When erasing former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s 2 1/2-year prison term in the CIA leak case, Bush said Walton was being too harsh.”