First, I have to say I'm not sure what you are getting at. Are you saying Fitzgerald was a tool of Democrats, had a book to sell, an axe to grind? What is your point?

These aren't my words but it's pretty much to the point and I don't have the time for a long response and I'm not sure at this point if I should type one:

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Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald has pointed out, his investigation was not limited to the leak to Novak. And Libby did leak Plame's identity to then-New York Times reporter Judith Miller and to then-Time reporter Matthew Cooper. That's a crime under U.S. law. Libby also lied to federal agents and the grand jury. That's a crime, and he was convicted of it.

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Now be a little more specific...

here's a little more for you with a good dose of sarcasm:

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Let's see - the CIA asked the Justice Department to initiate an investigation into the Plame leak. The CIA is awash in liberals? Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft decided a special counsel was necessary, then recused himself because he was too close to the possible targets - that would be strident right-winger John Ashcroft. Then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey appointed Fitzgerald; Comey is a law-and-order-type Republican. Fitzgerald is ostensibly an independent, but as Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo points out, Republicans appointed him. The judge, Reggie Walton, is a Republican appointed by none other than George W. Bush.

So where are the liberals conspiring to do in Lewis Libby?

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