Was the "outing" of Valerie Plame the violation of any law"?
This question is independent of who may or may not have been doing the "outing". It is not an issue of sufficient evidence. It is not an issue of whether Libby could have obstructed Fitzgerald's investigation as was claimed. It is the simple question of whether Plame was covered by the law. I think she wasn't. I think Fitzgerald knows she wasn't and that is why he dodged the question. It also the reason for that strange lecture on the importance of keeping CIA employees identities a secret. He wasn't telling us what the law says. He was telling us what the law should say and it was the latter that was his guide in his investigation.
If I was Libby's new lawyer I would attack Fitzgerald on the grounds that he conducted a witch hunt for nearly two years when he should have or could have or probably did have enough facts to realize that no laws were broken regardless of who "outed" Valerie Plame.
If Libby hadn't lied (assuming the facts as laid out in the indictment), the GJ would have disbanded with no bill.