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You are absolutely right that there will never be a charge for a crime about outing a CIA agent, because there absolutely never was any violation to begin with. Armitage, who apparently for political reasons kept quiet for 2 years that he was the source of the leak,wasn't guilty of outing a CIA for two reasons, first and foremost, Plame was not covert (that's a requirement for the violation), and it has to be an intentional leak, which it clearly wasn't.
As for Libby, we truly have to be careful when talking about a NON-crime. True, there wasn't any crime to begin with, so there shouldn't have been an investigation. Even so, it is still possible to perjure oneself and cover-up. And you are right, this is what it all came down to. Was it Libby's imperfect memory, or was he trying to cover up for a non-crime? The jury decided the latter.
Now, will Fitzgerald ever be brought up on criminal charges, or ethics violations, since it is apparent that he knew that Armitage was the source of the leak, very early on, but pursued the investigation anyway? I'm afraid the answer the answer will be "no" because President Bush doesn't have the kahunas to have Gonzales pursue that one.
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