Dr.Traveler
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Interesting that Scooter was convicted of something that never happened.
Fun game: Watch very closely the posting history of folks that claim Libby committed no crime, or scoff that "the best Fitzgerald could come up with was perjury."
Most of them are partisan hacks that consider Clinton's perjury over his infidelity high treason... But LIbby's perjury during an investigation into the possible outing of a CIA agent? All good.
Fact is, Patrick Fitzgerald is a pretty damn good prosecuter. Look at his record and you'll see this is a guy that just lives to do that job and will go after people regardless of the letter next to their name or the people they know. The fact that Fitzgerald didn't go after Armitage for breaking the law most certainly means that Plame wasn't protected under the law as an undercover agent. The fact that he did get a conviction on Libby shows that Libby is guilty of perjury. And yes, you can commit perjury even when there was no crime.
What was insanely stupid about the whole Plame situation is that the crime was the coverup, not the actual action. It's the Clinton impeachment hearings all over again. As POTUS Bush could have declassified any aspect of Wilson's report, including the identity of his wife and her role at the CIA. Instead, a lot of games were played with the express goal of discrediting Wilson but not actually catch blame for that action in public. IF Libby hadn't lied to cover his bosses from the political ramifications of Plame's outing, then there would have been no crime at all. Instead Libby gets convicted and his bosses paid no price, criminal or political, for his actions.