ARMITAGE PROVES LIBBY OBSTRUCTED NOTHING

NYTIMES:

An enduring mystery of the C.I.A. leak case has been solved in recent days, but with a new twist: Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the prosecutor, knew the identity of the leaker from his very first day in the special counsel’s chair, but kept the inquiry open for nearly two more years before indicting I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, on obstruction charges.

Now, the question of whether Mr. Fitzgerald properly exercised his prosecutorial discretion in continuing to pursue possible wrongdoing in the case has become the subject of rich debate on editorial pages and in legal and political circles.

So, er, um... since Fitzgerald KNEW who the leaker was - and that the leak was NOT A CRIME, then WHAT EXACTLY WAS OBSTRUCTED!? Nothing. Zero. Zilch. Bupkus. Nada - as in "not a" damn thing.

The feds should drop the charges aganinst Libby and investigate FITZGERALD for abuse of power.