The lesson learned going forward by this adminstration and all others in the future better be that you DO NOT discuss any thing with reporters about any CIA employee whether covert or not, EVER!!! Scooter Libby is an absolute idiot for making any comment and answering any questions about someone who works at the CIA. Just an ABSOLUTE idiot!!! He should of said "NO COMMENT, we do not discuss employees of our intelligence agencies", foreign or domestic. Whether he's guilty or not of the specific charges, who knows.
The problem, of course, is that Libby and other Administration officials were more concerned about blunting Wilson's op-ed than they were about the law. They put politics over common sense -- and they're paying the price.