WASHINGTON — When he finally decided he could not be responsible for sending Scooter Libby to federal prison, George W. Bush performed Monday as he had from the start in the CIA leak case. He sought to keep his distance from an incident that excited intense political emotions, making no value judgment other than that the jail sentence was unjustified.

For three years, President Bush had treated the leak to me of Valerie Plame Wilson's employment at the CIA as a legal prosecution ...

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