Judith Miller has been released from jail. Her source is now publically known to be I. Lewis Libby (Vice President Cheney’s Chief of Staff).
Now, according to President Bush’s earlier claims, Scooter will now be fired and tried if and when charges are brought against him. Anyone else? Will there be and indictment for Rove somewhere in there? Is Scooter a fall guy? Probably not if Judith Miller testifies that it was him.
I never imagined that we would see so many prominent politicians arrested / indicted within a couple of months. In hindsight it is not that surprising that they are mostly republicans. After all, republicans are the people who brought us Enron.
Update: October 28, 2005
Well, he was indicted today. Not just one count, but five. None of them are treason. We know he was the original source, but apparently we don’t know if he understood her to be covert. What a crock of shit.
Anyway, Bush did not live up to his promise that he would fire anyone associated with the leak. Libby resigned well after Bush knew that he was involved in the leak.
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I remember in history there have been other investigations where the purpose of an investigation was ignored when deciding who to charge, and with what. Hopefully Libby will be the only victim of the this new form of McCarthyism. God bless him and his family. He is being charged with the failings of every human, imperfection. How anyone can construe any of this as treason is beyond me.
John,
What in the heck are you talking about? Apparently a lot of things are beyond you–like knowledge of security matters. Scooter Libby is a traitor. And don’t you dare put God in that mess! He exposed an agent that put her life on the line for our country. His actions put the lives of all agents and informants in jeopardy, and probably did grave harm to our intelligence collection efforts. I do believe that he is just the fall guy. Others were probably involved. Don’t take up for him. If he is dumb enough to take the fall alone, he should go to prison for a long time all by himself.