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In a thoroughly unsurprising move, Bush chose to make sure that Libby will continue to shield his own role in the CIA leak case rather than pay Libby back for taking the fall for Bush and Cheney.https://www.emptywheel.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Web-backup.jpg448448