[Preachin']

"Fitzgerals isn't so stupid as to realize the American people will be up in arms over perjury charges to a case that is really a non-case."

He's not exactly an elected official.

These career types have almost no one that they must please.

[Sunnyflorida]

"These career types have almost no one that they must please."

If Libby gets acquitted, Fitz gets hung by the media. Not a good career move.

Also Fitz alleges that Libby is at the beginning of the chain where Ms Plame's identity became known by the press. If this is not true it raises serious doubt on Fitz's credibility. It suggests the investigation is not thorough. Credibility of the witness is the key to this case. If the accuser is not credible neither is the case.

The trial would be very interesting and embarrassing. The prosecution is relying on witnesses like Russert, Miller, etc. They cannot claim reporter-source confidentiality in a criminal trial or can they?. Unless all the reporters and editors and producers mentioned told a complete story and named names under oath the whole case would get tossed (at least that is what I would expect).

Pretty hard case to prove in any case. Fitz does not claim to have prima facia evidence Libby intended to lie.