Libby Indicted

Oct. 28: Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby walks from the White House to the Eisenhower Executive Building.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice presidential adviser I. Lewis "Scooter' Libby Jr. was indicted Friday on charges of obstruction of justice, making a false statement and perjury in the CIA leak case.

Karl Rove, President Bush's closest adviser, escaped indictment Friday but remained under investigation, his legal status a looming political problem for the White House.

The indictments stem from a two-year investigation by special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald into whether Rove, Libby or any other administration officials knowingly revealed the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame or lied about their involvement to investigators.

The five-count indictment accuses Libby of lying about how and when he learned about CIA official Valerie Plane's identity in 2003 and then told reporters about it. The information was classified.

Any trial would shine a spotlight on the secret deliberations of Bush and his team as they built the case for war against Iraq.

Indictment Text


John Solomon and Pete Yost, the reporters who filed this piece, are obviously in a state of extreme arousal. The same goes for the lib pundits on the cable channels. (Thank God most of the camera shots don't go below the waist.)

Tim Russert was smiling as broadly as if the Buffalo Bills had just won the Super Bowl.

I hate to think of how they'd all be acting if Rove had been indicted today. That would have had the potential to be truly embarrassing for the lib media, not to mention messy.

Dems were quick to react to the news. Of course, they had responses at the ready. They no doubt spent weeks preparing their remarks, kind of like an Oscar nominee practicing an acceptance speech.

Nancy Pelosi said:

"The criminal indictments of a top White House official mark a sad day for America and another chapter in the Republicans' culture of corruption. At the heart of these indictments was the effort by the Bush Administration to discredit critics of its Iraq policy with reckless disregard for national security and the public trust."

She really hits on all the Dem talking points, doesn't she?

"Sad day"? The Dems have been eagerly awaiting this moment. I detect no sadness, only unbridled ecstasy.

I'm sure Pelosi hasn't been this happy since her plastic surgeon told her that she could get a discount on services, based on the volume of the procedures she's had.