It's my position that Fitzgerald was responsible to determine if there was even a potential for a violation of the laws referenced when the request for an inquiry was made, and that since he appears to not have done that, that he should be held responsible and potentially fired. That is not to say that the case should be closed, but that without that foundation yielding a plausible "yes", there really isn't an investigation to compromise and that Libby could have told him truth or lie, and it would not have been remotely germane to the prosecutors decision that a crime had been committed - which is the first element required for a perjury conviction.
It's my position that Fitzgerald was responsible to determine if there was even a potential for a violation of the laws referenced when the request for an inquiry was made, and that since he appears to not have done that, that he should be held responsible and potentially fired. That is not to say that the case should be closed, but that without that foundation yielding a plausible "yes", there really isn't an investigation to compromise and that Libby could have told him truth or lie, and it would not have been remotely germane to the prosecutors decision that a crime had been committed - which is the first element required for a perjury conviction.
Is that a "yes, it's okay to lie to investigators in this case?"
Firing Fitzgerald would be additional remedy, but should Libby get off? And what about Miller? Sounds like she ought to be reimbursed, rehired, etc. since Fitzgerald caused her some pain as well.