Bob Woodword, the notorious reporter of Watergate fame, has pretty much blown up the case of “junk yard” prosecutor Fitzgerald against Scooter Libby. Woodward belatedly came forward with the revelation that he knew all about Valerie’s job at the CIA weeks before Libby was supposed to be the “first” person to have leaked it. Fitzgerald asserted that as a fact at his press conference indicting Libby for failure to remember all the details of his informal conversations from over two years ago. What else did Fitzgerald get wrong?
Libby’s lawyer now only has to ask the jury: “How many others knew about Wilson and Plame?” The details of her employment seem to have been part of the Washington gossip circuit for quite a while before the alleged “leak” by Libby. Woodward’s revelation has made it that easy. One is left to wonder why the public spirited Woodward didn’t come forward with this information two years ago. He might have saved Fitzgerald considerable time and the taxpayers considerable money!
Additionally, the CIA hardly has clean handsin this whole matter. It is highly doubtful that they will want their officials to testify about how and why they employed Wilson for this mission in the first place since he has no experience or expertise in inteligence. Highly placed, politically connected CIA officials will likely get this whole matter quashed before it ever goes to trial. It will all fade away.
In the final analysis, there was no attempt to “out” anybody. There was no nefarious activity by Libby, Rove, Vice President Cheney or anyone else – excepting maybe Wilson, his wife and the left wing political hacks who employed them to cast doubt on Bush’s truthful statement that British intelligence had reported that Saddam was trying to get nuclear material in Africa, a fact they still stand behind today.
Nice try lefties – Better luck next time.
