almost anti-climactic, when the other shoe finally dropped today...Rove lives to see another day, Libby does not. 5 counts for him - 2 for perjury, 1 obstruction of justice, 2 for making false statements. interesting the way it played out, with Fitzgerald apprently unable to make the case for disclosing Valerie Plame's identity due to Libby's perjury/obstruction. but i was listening to his press conference today and my impression from his comments was that Libby's testimony was so blatantly contradicted by other accounts that prosecutors felt it would be remiss not to charge him. it's always the cover-up that gets 'em - you'd think they would know better by now.
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