Charles Krauthammer has an interesting take on the Lewis "Scooter" Libby guilty verdict. As is often the case, Dr. Krauthammer hits the nail on the head (pun intended, of course). He demonstrates that several witnesses in the trial suffered memory lapses with no penalty. Libby, on the other hand, faces up to 25 years in prison for what may have been similar lapses.
The most fascinating thing about the Wilson-Plame affair is that the release of Plame's identity as a CIA employee was not a crime. Richard Armitage of the State Department is the self-admitted leaker of the information and he is charged with nothing.
Libby, on the other hand, has been convicted of covering up the facts of a non-crime that needed no cover up. If there is a lesson in this it is that one should never testify about one's behavior or activities without a guarantee of immunity from prosecution.
