Josh Marshall points out they knew all along what important work Valerie Plame was doing.
They just didn’t care.
Overlooked in the current discussion.
Go to page 5 of the indictment. Top of the page, item #9.
On or about June 12, 2003, LIBBY was advised by the Vice President of the United States that Wilson’s wife worked at the Central Intelligence Agency in the Counterproliferation Divison. LIBBY understood that the Vice President had learned this information from the CIA.
This is a crucial piece of information. the Counterproliferation Division (CPD) is part of the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, i.e., not Directorate of Intelligence, the branch of the CIA where ‘analysts’ come from, but where the spies come from.
Libby’s a long time national security hand. He knows exactly what CPD is and where it is. So does Cheney. They both knew. It’s right there in the indictment.
This means he’s going to squeeze Rove to get Cheney - and we get to watch.
I don’t think Rove would cave. He would take the rap, get pardoned by you-know-who, and then be well taken care of, financially and psychically, for the rest of his life by the right-wing establishment.
I can just see it — the Karl Rove Chair of Governmental and Policy Studies at Bob Jones University. Or maybe even at UT Austin.
BTW:
Drudge is currently displaying a photo of Libby on crutches.
What’s with that?
Is it an old pic, or Drudges way of inferring that BushCo is crippled, or just a play for sympathy?
It’s Libby’s lawyer idea. Sort of a Michael Jackson defense ploy.