[Dean's World] Dean: Dean Esmay's Predictions For the Scooter Libby Trial

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Posted by Dean:
Dean Esmay's Predictions For the Scooter Libby Trial
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1172015316.shtml


   My prediction is that of the remaining charges against Libby that
   haven't been dropped, Scooter will be convicted of two of the charges.
   Which may be overturned on appeal, and will probably result in a
   Presidential pardon in late 2008 if not.

   After all, it's pretty clear that in the Plame affair, the whole idea
   that there was a concerted attempt to "out" an undercover agent is a
   complete joke. Nothing illegal, immoral, or unethical happened in that
   regard. However, a bunch of mid-level people in the Bush
   administration panicked when they thought maybe they had unwittingly
   broken a law (even though none of them had) and then went into
   bureaucratic CYA mode, and Libby over-reacted and got silly over it,
   while people like Rove went into full-blown panic thinking they'd done
   something wrong (even though they hadn't).

   And that's really all this travesty of a prosecution amounts to.
   Patrick Fitzgerald will have ruined his career with his hubris, and
   will have to go into private practice. No one in Washington in any
   political party will have any love for him for having wasted taxpayer
   time and money like this.