In a prior diary, I argued that it was a distraction to focus too much on the question of whether Valerie Plame was a "covert" agent of the CIA for purposes of the statute which Victoria Toensing keeps citing whenever she appears on television.
However, that is not the limit of the misleading arguments she makes.
She also argues that Scooter Libby should not have been charged with perjury and obstruction because no one has been charged with an underlying crime here.
Now, there is a false impression a person can come away with when Victoria Toensing points out repeatedly that no one has been charged with an underlying crime, and it is this:
Patrick Fitzgerald already has all of the evidence he needs to figure out whether someone should be charged and decided not to do so.
However, anyone who thinks that would be wrong. But, by only telling a part of the story here, Victoria Toensing allows that false impression to remain out there. And in my opinion that is exactly what she wants to happen.
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