The DC Circuit Court of Appeals just denied Scooter Libby's request to stay out of jail pending appeal.

Appellant has not shown that the appeal raises a substantial question

The three judges included David Sentelle, the Jesse Helms judge who picked rightwing hack Ken Starr to replace Robert Fiske in the get-Clinton Whitewater scam.

Here's Christy:

absent some reversal by a higher court (the full panel of the DC Circuit, for example, or the US Supreme Court — which is all that is left for appeal for Scooter’s legal team), Libby is headed to jail.  And, frankly, gaining freedom on appeal from the full panel or from the US Supreme Court is an increasingly difficult prospect considering how truly weak the grounds were put forth on Libby’s appeal behalf and how few of these cases are ever accepted for certioriari.

What this says to me is that Libby — or, as I like to call him Inmate 28301-016 — is headed to jail.  Do not pass go.  Do not collect anything.

If Scooter wants his freedom, he's going to have to rat on tell the truth about Dick Cheney's order to out Valerie Plame.

Of course hell will freeze over before anyone rats on tells the truth about Dick Cheney.