"That's funny, but what do you say about the judges' comments - - their statement that this is a serious case, with serious evidence?"
I wonder if the Judge's comments really mean anything. So often in Washington, it is not the seriousness of the evidence that counts, it's the gravity of the charges alleged...
We'll know this week.
For a reporter to be jailed to get at a "source" there must be a serious crime alleged. That's the reason the judge called it a serious crime. (And a violation of the Agee law would be a serious crime, if it occurred.)
The redacted pages are probably 1) information gathered by the grand jury, and/or 2) related to Plame's covert status. Both of which would be protected.
The judge said this is about the exposing of a covert agent. And he should know what he is talking about.
I'm amazed at how eagerly so many want to fly off the handle and try to develop this into something it is not. There is nothing to suggest that anything else has ever been investigated. No reports from the media, no reports from those who have testified, nothing to indicate than anyone except who might know about the circumstances of the so-called Plame leak have testified.
This is just about muddying the waters. It's crackpotism. Which should be no surprise when you see that preeminent crackpot Larry O'Donnell behind it.