Is the Valerie Plame-CIA Leak Case Against Libby Crumbling?
What a difference a few weeks make in the world of politics. One day, the Democrat Party and the mainstream news media are celebrating the indictment of a key White House staff member, then suddenly facts start to emerge that just might put a damper on the prosecutors case. Recall how Patrick Fitzgerald announced the indictment of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice charges. During his jovial press conference, Mr. Fitzgerald lectured Americans about how serious it is to leak classified information. He avoided using the term “covert” when describing Valerie Plame, because in order for the leak charge to be a crime that’s exactly what she would have had to be — a covert agent. And it’s pretty clear now that she wasn’t. Suddenly there is growing doubt about Fitzgerald’s case since the legendary journalist Bob Woodward announced that he knew about Plame’s identity weeks before the exchange between Libby and Newsweek’s Matt Cooper. And he further stated that it
