I would not be surprised to learn the media (MSM)was involved in orchestrating this entire case against the White House. Last night on Meet the Press, Russert was discussing with David Broder, Roger Simon, Howard Kurtz, and Gwen Ifill if the Libby trial was bad for journalists, and most thought it was, except Simon. When Simon was asked he said,
"No, I think the public has a healthy realism about how the press operates. But I also have to say, this is a nutty trial that nobody except the people involved in it and the people covering it care about. Once again we have a prosecutor who can’t get an indictment for the real crime—leaking the identity of a CIA agent—so he goes instead for the crime of, well, people didn’t tell him the complete truth when they talked to him. I mean, there’s no underlying crime here that anyone has been indicted for. This is just a show trial. And I’ve got to say, even if he’s convicted—and he may not be—but even if he’s convicted, would any judge send to prison a guy named Scooter? He wouldn’t last 48 hours." I think Kurtz gave away the media's intention when he responded, "But, Roger, it’s a show trial that has put the spotlight on the Bush administration’s attempt to make a case about pre-war intelligence that turned out not to be true. That matters."
I thought this trial was supposed to be about the 'outing of a covert CIA agent', but when that wasn't proved, Fitzgerald went after Libby for alleged perjury. According to Kurtz, none of this is the case, and I think he should have to explain where he got that theory of his.