Considering the howling about Valerie Plame, this is inexcusable.
In case there are any readers not familiar with Valerie Plame:
On July 14, 2003, Robert Novak, journalist for The Washington Post, using information obtained from Richard Armitage at the United States Department of State, effectively ended Valerie Plame's career with the CIA (from which she later resigned in December 2005) by revealing in his column her identity as a CIA operative. Legal documents published in the course of the CIA leak grand jury investigation, United States v. Libby, and Congressional investigations, established her classified employment as a covert officer for the CIA at the time when Novak's column was published in July 2003.
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The five-count indictment of (Scooter) Libby included perjury (two counts), obstruction of justice (one count), and making false statements to federal investigators (two counts). There was, however, no count for disclosing classified information, i.e., Plame's status as a CIA operative. Indeed, it was already widely known (even by prosecutor Fitzgerald) that the actual "leaker" was Richard Armitage, via columnist Robert Novak. No evidence has ever come to light that Mr. Libby disclosed Plame's CIA status to Mr. Novak.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Plame
Valerie Plame is married to Clinton era Ambassador Joe Wilson.
Bush 43 era State Department official Richard Armitage
leaked the classified fact that Plame was a CIA operative.
Scooter Libby was investigated for the leak,
and was prosecuted for "obstruction of justice" (lying to investigators)
when he incorrectly remembered some details.
Allegedly, the Bush 43 administration
outed Plame out of dislike for her husband, Joe Wilson,
and tried to blame Scooter Libby for the leak.
Of course, both the Washington Post and its columnist Robert Novak
were grossly irresponsible in publishing the leaked info,
knowing that it cannot possibly do any good,
and can only do harm.
