According to Matthews and the gang (Newsweek and Time), at MSNBC a few nights ago, Fitz has a track record of squeezing the second tier to get them to flip on the big boys.....in this case, Cheney and Bush. They were beside themselves with glee, wondering how soon Cheney would resign in disgrace, possibly facing jailtime...just for discussing the Plame situation in the WH. That's now evidently a crime, merely discussing something. (But of course, the big prize is a Bush impeachment.) They'll connect the dots from Cheney to Bush and that's it. And since they said Bush can't put his pants on in the morning without direction from the VP, well, it's Happy Days Are Here Again!
But is talking about Valerie Plame in and of itself a crime? I don't think so. She's apparently not a covert agent. If she was, Fitzgerald would have indicted Libby for blowing her cover.