The other side has the OJ syndrome meaning they truly believe only what they wish to believe the rest didn't happen.
In all honesty Red, it wasnt me. I happened to be in an attorney friend/clients office last fall and she had this Yale Law Review news letter sitting on her side table. It had big bold headlines something to the effect of "Why Plame Conspiracy Fizzled Out". She was busy so I started reading this thing which made complete sense. Yale isnt actually known for being a republican haven either so I didnt find the article slanted. It pointed out facts that were known to Fitzgerald and why he had no choice but to abandon any serious charges. It mainly revolved around the credibility problems with Plame/Wilson and talked about what a difficult case the prosecutor would have with a defendant taking a nepotism case to a jury. There were numerous facts that would, in the writers opinion, create sufficient doubt about Plame/Wilsons motivation and Fitzgerald recognized this and subsequently gave up hope on pressing for more serious charges. When the proverbial shat hit the fan a couple months later which caused them to be widely branded as charlatans the contents of that article where validated as was Fitzgeralds reasons for not pursing the others involved or pushing the more serious charges. I’ve posted this before about why Fitzgerald gave up on the others or why more serious charges werent brought. I just never stated why I thought that but after reading that news letter I became a little more interested in the case and followed it closely. I think its obvious that an effort was made to discredit Wilson and it was probably started by Chaney himself. However, Plame was not as secret as everyone thought and Wilson was terribly guilty of bragging about her employment at the CIA in numerous settings. The Libby trial testimony by CIA managers paints Plame/Wilson in a pretty bad light which further shows the difficult issues Fitzgerald would have had if they were forced to testify, which would have happened if the intelligence charges were brought. Add to that the nepotism problems that she created by picking her husband to go to Niger and it blows a criminal case out of the water on the more wide ranging, serious charges. The lack of other, more serious, charges can be pretty much blamed on Plame and Wilson's actions.
This whole trial has made a mockery out of the court of law. Its a political circus and trial. If you support the system then it seems to me perjury is the same whether it be about sex or anything else. Clinton didn't go to jail. Besides I thought this whole thing was over finding the leaker. Armitage came forward and isn't going to be prosecuted yet Libby is convicted in Washington DC where supposedly no crime was committed. How could he receive a fair trial in that city? None of this story makes any sense to me other than a political witch hunt.
