Then again, Libby wasn't an elected official. Need to clarify my prior statement to include immediate staff of nationally elected officials.
Otherwise, depending on the political makeup of a city (LA, DC, Austin, San Francisco...) on political class could feel protected and get away with real crimes (OJ, Sandy Berger) while others can be "politilegally" harassed (Plamegate, Iran-Contra)
That's why Starr could never bring charges against Hillary, and why likely Sandy Berger got off easy with plea agreement - they would never be convicted by DC jury. And it's the same reason that Fitzgerald was even continuing with his "investigation" of Armitage, er, "CIA leak case" - he was DC jury-shopping, the only place where his witch hunt had a chance to be successful and thus "vindicated".
Anybody knows where Wilson's "civil lawsuit" is being heard?
We better fix this before it's being used more and more.