To act as the scapegoat or fallguy for the misdeeds of others.
Named after Bush administration lackey
Lewis "Scooter" Libby who took the blame for the treasonous 2003 outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame in a high-level effort to discredit Plame's husband Joseph
Wilson after Wilson investigated Bush adminstraiton claims that Iraq was puchasing uranium from Niger. Vice President Dick
Cheney, White
House political operative Karl Rove, and likely George W. Bush himself approved of this treasonous attempt at intimidation.
As of December 2007, only Libby has spent any jail time in connection with Plame's outing. Libby's sentence was communted by Pretzeldent George W. Bush commuted Libby's sentence in
July 2007.