Thanks for the welcome. But I do recall a federal investigation of White House personnel and an indictment of Libby resulting from the leak. Do I have my facts wrong?
Libby was not indicted for leaking.
"But I do recall a federal investigation of White House personnel and an indictment of Libby resulting from the leak. Do I have my facts wrong?"
Nobody is being charged with any crime related to leaking. Libby is being charged for lying or bending about what he said to some reporters.
We don't know who leaked to Novak. The prosecution won't talk, won't release the info to Libby. After the leak Novak confirmed the info with two others, Rove and some CIA press handler. According to Novak on or both of them asked him not to reveal the information. But Novak did anyway.
You may need to read that memo again. Libby was "indicted" for being less than truthful to a grand jury, not for leaking a name.
No one has been indicted for "leaking" the name of a CIA clerk who was btw not a secret agent.
Stick around and you'll get a better education than you're accustomed to over at Dummies Unhinged.
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