The assertion that "leaking" Plame's name was a crime was bogus all along. She wasn't a covert agent, and she would have to have been one for a crime to have been committed. Everyone knew that all along, including the reporters who dubbed this the "CIA leak case".
The CIA has certainly gone downhill. No wonder our intelligence operations are in such poor shape. Why are mediocrities, phonies, and tabloid types like Wilson and Plame even allowed near the CIA building?
http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2005/10/how_covert_was__1.html
She wasn't very covert and the leak of her name caused no real damage.http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2005/10/how_covert_was__1.html
Agreed. This prosecutor should have made the initial determination whether she was covert or not before doing anything else. If not, he should have dropped it.