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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I think Fitzgerald needs to bring charges on both the leak and the cover-up. If he just brings them just on the cover-up, he'll get creamed in the press and shift public opinion in favor of Rove, a la Martha Stewart. The public doesn't really understand how there can be obstruction of justice without and underlying offense.
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This is a little different than Stewart. The investigation into the leak here was not limited to whether someone had committed a crime, but included whether someone had leaked a CIA agent's name in order to punish her husband for political gain. Once upon a time, Bush pretended to care about the latter, too.
