Originally Posted by ubertuber

Stevo, I see your points. I would offer this in response:

Even if outing Plame was not at crime, lying under oath is a big deal for a public official. It isn't Scooter Libby's place to determine that the investigation is pointed at a non-crime and therefore it is ok to lie to the prosecutor. Perjury is a big deal, and this is a national security case. This to me was the extremely valid part of Clinton's impeachment (which, clearly, I recognize was not a national security case). If public officials haven't yet learned that the coverup is always worse than the scandal, it really makes me wonder how often the coverups pay off. How many things are happening and hushed up that we never hear about?