Please read this again.....I think this is the nub of the situation.....
In point b., he accuses Libby of lying in the statement above because Libby was well aware that Wilsons wife worked at the CIA. Funny, though, Libby didn't say in that testimony that he didn't know that Plame worked for the CIA. Libby testified that ******he told Russert***** that he didn't know. Is lying to a reporter a crime?
IOW, Libby was LYING TO RUSSERT in their conversation about Plame.
"IOW, Libby was LYING TO RUSSERT in their conversation about Plame."
You're missing the point. Libby is not being indicted for lying to a reporter. He's being indicted for lying to a grand jury and giving false statements to the FBI. Russert says the conversation with Libby never took place so obviously someone is lying. What the Feds are saying is that because what Libby claims he told Russert is demonstrably false, then that's an indication that it's Libby who is lying and Russert who is telling the truth.