Libby is *accused* of lying. It hasn't been proven that Libby lied. It
easily could be Russert lying. Perhaps he heard Plame's name from people
in
the CIA (perhaps Wilson or Plame!) who were seeking to use the press to
destabilize the Bush administration? Being the loyal liberal Democrat
that
he is, he went right to the VP's office to let the CIA-led set-up begin.
That's the type of scenario that Jim Hoagland from the Washington Post
presented when he wrote:
"The hidden management of the criminal justice process AND THE NEWS MEDIA
practiced by spooks in Wilson-Rove-Libbygate is nothing short of
brilliant.
So you (Bush) were right to fear the agency. Where else do you think the
one-page
crime report that triggered the investigation and then the
pressure-building
leaks disclosing its existence came from?""