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b!X wrote on January 29, 2007 4:18 PM:

Not only that, but Raw Story reports Michael Isikoff as saying: "He said that Libby told him not just that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA, but that she worked at the counter-proliferations division. That was a particular detail that is significant to people who know about the CIA. The counter-proliferations division is in the Director of Operations. That's the secret arm of the CIA. It's the most sensitive arm of the CIA. Something that Libby and his boss, Vice President Dick Cheney, very well knew. They knew the CIA like the back of their hands."

brt wrote on January 29, 2007 4:23 PM:

"COOKED"!!! LEWIS LIBBY ,COOKED !!!, HE IS GUILTY!!! ARI FLEISCHER, HAS JUST SENT "LEWIS LIBBY TO PRISON".

Anonymous wrote on January 29, 2007 5:13 PM:

It would not be illegal for Libby to tell Fleisher about Plame's status, or where she worked as it is highly likely that both were cleared for the highest government clearances (although there could be some argument as if the "where" was legal -- as the White House cafeteria is not a SCIF.

Semantics aside, what matters is when the classified information passed from "cleared" people like Libby and Fleisher into a non-cleared person (journalists, or anyone not having the appropriate security clearance).

Scooter's approach "on the QT" sounds suspect and nefarious and ethically questionnable -- and one can only wonder why he was approaching it that way.

But the mere fact of a classified conversation between Libby and Fleisher is not itself criminal.

grandpa john wrote on January 29, 2007 5:38 PM:

but it does have to do with perjury . Note the 3 day gap mentioned in the article

Anonymous wrote on January 29, 2007 7:02 PM:

But the mere fact of a classified conversation between Libby and Fleisher is not itself criminal.

You're missing the point. Libby isn't on trail for having a classified conversation. He's on trail for perjury. For lying about what conversations he had about Ms. Plame, when he had them and with whom.

Libby testified under oath to those questions to a grand jury. Virtually all of the testimony so far in this trail points to Libby having lied under oath. That is perjury. That is a crime.

If he is convicted of perjury, I would imagine Libby could then be charged with having compromised a CIA agent. That's a whole different crime, with far more serious implications.

Either way, it ain't lookin' to good for Libby. I wonder if he's thinking about cutting a deal right about now. Or if he's been promised a pardon.

I wonder is he's afraid of a sudden unnatural death if he brings this gang down....