I think it makes Fitzgerald look like an ass. Remember he held a press conference and stated that Scooter Libby was the first person to leak Valerie Plame's name and identify her as a CIA agent to the media. This was a threat to our National Security. And Libby lied about it.
I bet Fitzgerald used the same lines to the Grand Jury and that is why he was indicted.
Remember the only reason Woodward is talking is because his source (Cheney?) ratted him out. The source is probably in the clear because it sounds like he contacted Fitzgerald and said something like. "You know, I now recollect mentioning in passing that Valerie Plame was Joe Wilson's wife to Bob Woodward." Fitzgerald will probably have a hard time indicting this souce if he volunteered the information. JMHO.
"Remember he held a press conference and stated that Scooter Libby was the first person to leak Valerie Plame's name and identify her as a CIA agent to the media. This was a threat to our National Security. And Libby lied about it.
I bet Fitzgerald used the same lines to the Grand Jury and that is why he was indicted."
Excellent point. I would bet you are right.
I think it makes Fitzgerald look like an ass. Remember he held a press conference and stated that Scooter Libby was the first person to leak Valerie Plame's name and identify her as a CIA agent to the media. This was a threat to our National Security. And Libby lied about it.
FITZGERALD: And, given that national security was at stake, it was especially important that we find out accurate facts.
FITZGERALD: At the end of the day, what appears is that Mr. Libby's story that he was at the tail end of a chain of phone calls,
passing on from one reporter what he heard from another, was not true.
It was false.
He was at the beginning of the chain of phone calls, the first official to disclose this information outside the government to a reporter.
And then he lied about it afterwards, under oath and repeatedly.
FITZGERALD: I will say this.
I won't touch the specific damage assessment of what specific damage was caused by her compromise -- I won't touch that with a 10-foot pole.
I'll let the CIA speak to that, if they wish or not.
FITZGERALD: If you're going to have a grand jury investigation into the improper disclosure of national security information and you're going to have someone in the position Mr. Libby is lying to the FBI .....
that, to me, defines a serious breach of the public trust.
FITZGERALD: It's important that a CIA officer's identity be protected,
that it be protected not just for the officer, but for the nation's security.
FITZGERALD: This is a very serious matter and compromising national security information is a very serious matter.
FITZGERALD: I will say this: Mr. Libby is presumed innocent.
Now- how does Libby get an impartial jury after Fitzgerald has just tainted the pool ?