Recap: Why The $cooter Libby Show Was A Waste

Despite Verdict, Libby's Fate Uncertain

But the case offered little new information about whether President Bush was involved or whether he authorized any leaks. Defense attorneys never delivered Cheney or Libby to the witness stand as promised to discuss the White House effort to undermine the credibility of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, a campaign that resulted in the disclosure of his wife Valerie Plame's job at the CIA.

Libby's attorneys offered few details about a supposed White House conspiracy to protect Bush adviser Karl Rove from prosecution.

It also was never explained why former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, who originally leaked Plame's identity, was never charged.

Now that Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald says his investigation is complete, those questions are likely to go unanswered. Nobody will be charged with actually leaking Plame's identity. Libby was convicted of lying to cover up his conversations about Plame.


Full wire service article, SF Chronicle, March 7, 2007

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The headline's misleading insofar as what is important, and the excellent recap doesn't begin until the fourth paragraph. Welcome to the New World Media Order. Perhaps eventually one of the non-mainstream media outlets will pick up the salient points and run with it.

The short version: The "prosecution" pulled its punches, as did the "defense". Patrick Fitzgerald will not pursue the higher-ups because, it appears as in the old west, the bad guys got the draw on him (Sept 17-18, 2006). The news media, corporate and much of the "alternative", has been distracted by the Libby sideshow.


All the world is a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and entrances;
Each man in his time plays many parts.
--William Shakespeare


TLC