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As convicted felon Scooter Libby waits for a pardon from Young Master Bush, the Wilson civil suit proceeds apace.

Despite the conviction, Wilson said he and Plame are moving ahead with a civil suit, alleging the White House was behind the leak.

Wilson told CBS News’ The Early Show that President Bush and Vice President Cheney “really need to step forward and reassure the American people that they had nothing to do with this - or explain to the American people what they had to do with it.”

Wilson said he and his wife are going forward with their civil suit against the vice president, White House political adviser Karl Rove and others, because they “want the whole story to come out.”

The trial revealed Cheney’s eagerness to discredit Wilson, an outspoken critic of the Bush administration’s Iraq war policy, as well as the administration’s policies on talking to reporters and its strategies for dealing with a crisis.

It’s that time of the week again!

Today, we find Neptunus Stupidus arguing perjury and obstruction charges can be noble acts.

Yesterday, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby was found guilty of four felony counts: giving false statements to the FBI, obstructing justice and two counts of perjury.

But said criminality is just fine with Neptunus DeskJockey because Joe Wilson is a liar. How do we know this? Well, Neptunus Ridiculous cites the Senate Intelligence Commitee investigation “proved Wilson lied at every step.”

Of course, Neptunus isn’t telling the truth. The Senate Intelligence Committee said no such thing. In fact, the Senate Intelligence Committee stated Wilson’s assertion that it was “highly doubtful” that Iraq had been able to purchase yellowcake uranium from Niger was supported by intelligence reports by both the CIA and the State Dept’s INR.

But let’s play the devil’s advocate for a moment. Let’s suppose every word Joseph Wilson has ever uttered was a lie. Exactly how does this excuse Scooter Libby’s perjury, false statements and obstruction of justice?