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October
30, 2005 -- Judge assigned to Libby case has links to Republican Right.
US District Judge for DC Reggie Walton has been assigned the Lewis
Libby case. It is noteworthy to point out Walton's past and current
links to the Republican Right and to elements in the Bush
administration who have covered up important details about 911. Walton
was appointed to the DC Superior Court in 1981 by Ronald Reagan. In
1989, he was appointed by George H. W. Bush as the deputy drug czar
under Bill Bennett. Walton was reappointed to the DC Superior Court by
the senior Bush. George W. Bush nominated Walton to the US District
Court for DC in 2001. Walton was the judge who, under pressure from the
Justice Department, placed a gag order on former FBI translator and
whistleblower Sibel Edmonds and cleared his courtroom of the public and
media in Edmonds' hearing in her case against the FBI. Edmonds brought
to light important information about how the FBI failed to translate
important wiretap intercepts before and after 911.
Judge
Reggie Walton assigned to Libby case: Recusal of judge appointed to the
bench by two Bush ptresidents should have been sought by prosecutor
