Libby was up to his eyeballs in 9/11 guilt, right?
I've got to think that part of Trump's rationale for this pardon (besides the humanitarian aspect with Libby's disability) is that Libby is turning state's evidence.
Let me dig up what I have on Libby and 9/11. Been a few years since I looked into him.
OK, my notes are Scooter Libby only have a tangential connection to 9/11. Basically, Libby was a co-author and/or chief promoter of both the "Wolfowitz Doctrine" of ca. 1992 and the PNAC (Project for New American Century), both of which were cornerstone policy statements advocating war in Iraq.
Like many of the 9/11 conspirators, Libby is a US-Israeli dual citizen and lots of Mossad connections come up in his circle of friends.
Libby's professor in university was Paul Wolfowitz, definitely one of the chief 9/11 conspirators in my opinion; and Wolfowitz was influential in getting Cheney to hire Libby as his Chief of Staff during the GWB administration.
Of course, when Cheney wanted to retaliate against Plame's husband (the Wilson fellow) for telling the truth that Niger did not sell uranium to Saddam, it was Libby who got tasked with the dirty and illegal work of outing Wilson.
While I don't like Libby or what he stands for, it also seems many of his dirty deeds were done at the behest of others; and as LIbby is very well-connected, he could potentially provide a lot of evidence to Team Trump.
I would add it's conceivable Libby didn't know about the 9/11 attacks in advance. But he certainly hung with the crowd that did know, and he advocated many of the irresponsible foreign policy positions that the 9/11 attacks were designed to promote.
Best to you fellowanon. Let's MAGA
Most countries around the world forbid dual citizenship for those holding public office. Kind of a no-brainer. Should be applied to the U.S. too.