An Indefensible Indictment (Overcharged)

The New Republic ^ | November 4, 2005 | Jeffrey Rosen

[Verginius Rufus]

All any reporter had to do who wanted to know the name of Wilson's wife was to look up his entry in Who's Who...that's how Bob Novak learned her name. By itself that information is uninteresting..it's only the information that she worked for the CIA that makes it interesting, and the entry didn't state that.

[xzins]

And apparently Libby is being prosecuted over a discrepancy between when & how he learned her name...whether from colleagues or staff.

That seems really picayunish to me.

[FerdieMurphy]

The Score in the Race to Judgment at the White House

Clinton Democrats:

61 indictments or misdemeanor charges

33 convictions

14 imprisonments

7 independent counsel investigations

72 congressional witnesses pleading the Fifth Amendment

19 foreign witnesses who declined interviews by investigative bodies

17 witnesses fleeing the country to avoid testifying


Bush Republicans:

1 indictment, not even on the primary issue