November 12, 2005
Libby Indictment

Sorry, I've been busy for the last week (family visiting) and I've been lazy for about six months. But I didn't get this Libby indictment thing until the second time I read T's post below--

  1. Someone leaks Plame's name to the press.
  2. Fitzgerald goes on a fishing expedition.
  3. Miller goes to jail.
  4. Libby says inconsistent things to Fitzgerald.
  5. Miller gets out of jail and fingers Libby.
  6. Fitzgerald indicts Libby, not for revealing Plame's covert identity (which as yet has not been established as existing), but instead for perjury.

Right?

So my questions include -- Did Miller go to jail to protect Libby as a source or as a boyfriend? Are they both going to jail now? Can they get adjoining cells?

And perhaps most importantly, since Libby has already been punished for lying to a federal prosecutor by losing his job and getting indicted, will his detractors stop baying for jail time? After all, one B. Clinton did approximately the same thing and didn't even lose his job!

Posted by Sam at 09:38 PM