By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
Under the category of “not very surprising”, Dick Cheney was fuming when President Bush refused to pardon vice presidential aide I “Scooter” Libby after he was convicted of lying in the leak investigation into the identity of CIA spy Valerie Plalme.
Appearing in an interview on NBC’s Today Show, said ex- George W. Bush said Cheney confronted him about his decision to commute Libby’s 30-month sentence, but not pardon him.
Bush, who is promoting his memoir, “Decision Points”, writes that a furious Cheney told him: “I can’t believe you’re going to leave a soldier on the battlefield,” according to the Associated Press.
Bush said he was concerned the decision would damage his friendship with Cheney.
“I’m pleased to report we are friends today,” he said.
