These false charges caused "scooter" to lie to protect himself which is no big deal!Bush should pardon him if charges are not dropped.
We know that Novak and Woodward knew for sure that it was Armitage in June. We think that Miller and Cooper also knew. We know that Andrea Mithell said that the story was all over Washington DC that Plame worked for the CIA. This was the biggest story around DC, at the time. Do you think it was also possible that Andrea discussed this story with her boss (Tim Russert), too? It would be hard to believe that she didn't. It would also be extremely possible that Timmy discussed it with Libby, as well. This makes Libby's story completely true. We know that either Timmy, or Libby lied (or don't have similar memories about the story). Based on my experience with Timmy, I would have to say that Libby is likely the truth teller.