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I agree, and also think that Libby did perjure himself. He had a security clearance, and appears to have revealed info that he received from the CIA. This info was about Plame and was marked classified. Seems like he tried to cover this by saying reporter A B and C mentioned it to him, before he told them. OK, if that's correct, just why isn't he charged with violating his security clearance? Is the punishment for that less than the obstruction-perjury charge? Did Fitzgerald think the leak was so minor, causing no real harm, and just continue the investigation to trap Libby into a lie?

I think these letters give you the answer to that question. Libby wasn't charged with those things because the prosecuter never collected information to determine whether any of those things were true.

Which is why we are discussing it here, since last october his "speech" made it sound like he had determined truth, and that WAS what he was hired to do. So why didn't he do his job, and why in October did he say her identity was classified, if now he admits that he never did any investigation to determine if her name was classified?