Why is this investigation taking so long if there's reason to believe there wasn't even a crime committed? Hasn't Fitzgerald been at this for over a year?
The Appeals Court JUST issued their ruling last week upholding the contempt citations for Judith Miller and Matt Cooper. The prosecutor can't be hustling along if the grand jury's quest for testimony is being delayed by such court activity.
It probably took Fitzgerald the better part of twenty minutes to conclude that no crime had been committed in the Plame Name Game.
However, the media's screeching for a special prosecutor and a grand jury to investigate the Plame Affair was perfect cover for a grand jury to be convened...to investigate all the leaks to the media from the CIA and other government agencies that actually had national security implications.
The administration took advantage of the pretext presented by the Plame Affair to begin said investigation -- with full and unwitting media support. And we know this is what has actually been going on -- though the press has maintained a state of denial throughout.
Now, the joke's on...who???