[Bommer]

But even if Libby or Cheney had disclosed Plame's identity as a CIA officer they may not have committed a crime.

What is this repeated crap of "may not have committed a crime?" THERE WAS NO CRIME! She was not covert or an agent as far as I can tell!

[bboop]

It's just GOTCHA, played for blood. So terribly disgustingly Machiavellian.

[BigBobber]

Cheney revealed the name of a CIA agent to his assistant? So what? I'm assuming his assistant has a security clearance.

Could Cheney have revealed the name to President Bush? Or would that also be a crime in the view of the Slimes? Is the Vice President allowed to know the names of CIA agents? Sheesh.

[edweena]

Bommer said: "What is this repeated crap of "may not have committed a crime?" THERE WAS NO CRIME! She was not covert or an agent as far as I can tell!"

If there was no crime, why was the information leaked? Why couldn't everyone involved have disclosed openly, with attribution, that Plame sent her husband Joseph Wilson to Niger, and that therefore his testimony was dubious?

I can't believe that Fitzgerald is so thick that he spent two years investigating the Plame incident when there was no crime. If that is true, he will look like one of the biggest screw-ups of all time. This would be great, but it doesn't seem likely to me.