[...] I’m not going to bother to deconstruct the rantings of sportscasters-cum-shriekingly-hysteric-newsanchors, although Rick Moran does a splendid job of it. I’m just going to note that Scooter Libby’s commutation does nothing to impede any investigation, even if one was ongoing in the Plame case, which it is not. Fitzgerald could have offered Libby a deal before his conviction if he thought Libby could provide evidence of further wrongdoing, and he could still offer him a deal now. However, Fitzgerald has already shut down his investigation and announced that he would have no further indictments — and none on the original complaint that launched his investigation. [...]
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