This has needed to happen for more than 10 years. George W. Bush should have done it.
And it’s about a lot more than just a political operative being let off the hook. In fact, it’s not about that at all.
Lewis “Scooter” Libby was chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney during the period when Patrick Fitzgerald was running wild as special prosecutor on the Valerie Plame matter. If you don’t remember that, let me refresh your memory: Fitzgerald was appointed to look into the matter of who revealed the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame. On the very first day of the investigation, Fitzgerald knew that it was State Department official Richard Armitage, and that Armitage’s actions were not criminal. Nevertheless, the investigation went on for more than a year as Fitzgerald pursued various people for process crimes.