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    'Scooter' Libby Rushes to Delay Prison Sentence in CIA Leak Case

    I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby will soon receive an inmate number, a prison assignment and a date to surrender. Before that date draws near, however, the former White House aide hopes an appeals court will step in and block his 2 1/2-year sentence.Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, lost a court fight Thursday that would have put his prison term on hold until his appeals have run out. U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton was never persuaded that Libby deserved a delay.Walton cited the "overwhelming" evidence that Libby lied to investigators and obstructed Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's inquiry into the 2003 leak of a CIA operative's identity.Now, Libby's lawyers are on the clock. The former aide has about six to eight weeks before his expected surrender date. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the next stop, with a possible rush to the Supreme Court to follow.President Bush, too, is watching the clock. Libby's supporters hav...

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