it is pretty clear that the right's talkingpoints on this are not far from the line the administration has followed: not thinking there was a crime involved in compromising plame because--of course--the partisan interests of the bush administration and the obligations they recognize in the exercise of power are the same. so because the bush people felt themselves justified in what they did, it was justified so far as the conservative set is concerned as well (all these heroic individual conservatives have come to the same view in the same language at the same time--my god, what a convergence...)
so libby can at once be a participant in the outing and obstruction of justice AND be the administration's designated fall guy.
this seems the logic of the communtation as well--as fall guy, there is no reason for jail--as actor, there are consequences for the moment.
personally, i expect a quiet full pardon will be granted libby at some point, when there are distractions on other fronts maybe.
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