House Of Cards
No intent, no plot, no reason for the whole Fitzgerald fishing expedition. So says Robert Novak in his column revealing what he told the grand jury. Read the whole thing first. For me, the key paragraphs:
In my sworn testimony, I said what I have contended in my columns and on television: Joe Wilson's wife's role in instituting her husband's mission was revealed to me in the middle of a long interview with an official who I have previously said was not a political gunslinger. After the federal investigation was announced, he told me through a third party that the disclosure was inadvertent on his part.
Following my interview with the primary source, I sought out the second administration official and the CIA spokesman for confirmation. I learned Valerie Plame's name from Joe Wilson's entry in "Who's Who in America."
No nefarious White House plot, no underlying crime, no reason for the persecution of scooter Libbey other than an overzealous prosecutor attempting to justify the exorbitant waste of money his investigation became. Because it sounds as if Fitzgerald knew all the relevant facts before he interviewed Novak the first time. So can the taxpayers get a refund from Fitzgerald now?
The left can now commence kicking Joe Wilson to the curb.
UPDATE: Don Surber was kind enough to link this post, but the post he linked with is in need of wide reading. It is a masterful smackdown of the New York Times especially and several other newspapers incidentally over their positively destructive handling of the Plame affair. They fashioned their own noose and Don is calling them to account. Great job, Don.
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Don Surber — July 12, 2006 @ 1:34 pm
By FormerRighty, July 12, 2006 @ 10:03 am
Let’s see, the New York Times printing stories about “secret” programs that have already been discussed in public documents is treason, but revealing the name of a CIA agent, and thus putting an end to the program she was working on is no big deal.
More strange relative morality from the right.
By Gaius, July 12, 2006 @ 10:18 am
Your strange and rather complete, lack of a moral compass is astonishing. You putting words in mouth is getting old.