This is about as accurate an assessment of the Libby trial as you are likely to find. I've no doubt that Cheney and Rove outed a covert CIA agent in order to silence a critic of the administration. Their actions were both incredibly petty and completely in line with everything that we know about the two of them. That said, the trial is truly and indictment of the traditional media and the role that they've played as enablers of the Bush administration over the past 6 years.
Keep in mind Bush's words:
"If there's a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is," Bush told reporters at an impromptu news conference during a fund-raising stop in Chicago, Illinois. "If the person has violated law, that person will be taken care of.
He probably didn't know who it was at that time. But he found out and he didn't do a thing. Cheney wouldn't let him. All hat and no cattle.
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