A brave patriot calls on President Bush to commute the 5-game suspension of fellow Texan Roger Clemens. [IT IS HIGH, IT IS FAR, IT IS... caught]

Predict who Bush pardons, win a dinner. Predict who President Thompson pardons, win a night of drinking alone until you forget what country you live in. [The Hill]

Don’t worry, everyone. Scooter Libby may have have had his sentence commuted, but there’s still a good chance for justice to be served. Because the President can still pardon him, any time he wants and for any reason! MORE »

Bush finally manned up and did the right thing — kinda sorta didn’t-really-pardon Scooter Libby. MORE »

Word on the street is, Bush is blowing up at anyone who even asks him about pardoning Scooter Libby. Dude doesn’t want to talk about it right now, ok? MORE »

No, it’s true, he said something noncommittal about it! MORE »

He doesn’t much care for pardoning humans, but George W. has once again taken part in the tired, joyless tradition of releasing a pair of gruesomely obese turkeys that were specifically bred to be eaten. MORE »

• CIA’s extensive anti-terror program goes largely unchallenged despite increasing criticism of surveillance tactics; Bush is a firm believer in the covert effort. Official: “Everything is done in the name of self-defense, so they can do anything because nothing is forbidden in the war powers act. It’s an amazing legal justification that allows them to do anything.” [WP]
• Bush pardoned 11 people last week; “he seems inclined to show mercy to people who have surmounted their mistakes.” [USAT]
• Laura Bush “blends private advice with understated public prodding, using her ample popularity as ballast for her husband.” [WSJ]
• With scrutiny over Jack Abramoff, lawmakers say no to free tickets to sporting events. [WSJ]
• New line of succession at the Pentagon ranks the undersecretaries for intelligence, policy and acquisition ahead of the secretaries of the Army, Air Force and Navy. Expert: “Rumsfeld doesn’t do things randomly. His inner circle is the key group.” [WP]
• Gen. Peter Pace clarifies his disagreement with Rumsfeld: it was a non-disagreement. [NYT]

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