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The distant thunder of Vietnam, a hazy, hurtful memory for most Americans, came roaring to the White House today in a large scale protest. But the object of scorn was Vietnamese President and Communist Chairman Nguyen Minh Triet meeting with President Bush to sign a trade agreement. Several thousand Vietnamese Americans from across the country milled at the edge of Lafayette Park penned behind waist-high barriers, shouting across Pennsylvania Avenue facing the White House:
"Free All Political Prisoners"
"Down with the Communists"
"Democracy"
"Murderer"
I waded through the orderly, noisy protesters, noting they were all ages: older men, some in their Vietnam War uniforms; younger men, one wearing an AC/DC rocker T-shirt, many wearing printed T-shirts, "Stop Kangeroo Court in Vietnam...Human Rights for Vietnam." Women were as boisterous as men, taking up the cadence of the increasingly incendiary chants:
"VC (Vietcong)" the leader would yell into a bullhorn...
"Liar" the crowd would yell back
"VC...Terrorists"
"VC...Mafia"
"VC...Go to Hell"
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Link to thisIn the end, justice came down to this: 2 1/2 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for lying and obstructing an investigation into who leaked Valerie Plame's secret CIA identity in 2003. The defendant, Lewis "Scooter" Libby didn't flinch, showed no emotion. Minutes earlier, Libby had quietly appealed for leniency, "It is respectfully my hope that the court will consider along with the jury verdict my whole life." Libby's attorney, Theodore Wells added, "he has fallen from public grace, a tragic fall."
I witnessed the three-hour courtroom drama, which was sobering and surreal. It's as if you could hear time ticking and the noose tightening.
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