The Washington Post has an update. Her testimony contradicts Libby's, so ultimately all this will come down to whether the jury believes Libby was lying or merely misremembering. I would be a bad juror because my mind is already made up.
Cenk Uygur has a post The Most Insidious of Traitors that tries to jump to the point.
"There are only two reasons why they haven't been charged with that offense. First, Scooter Libby impeded the investigation by lying about what they did - and that is why he is now being tried. If he had not impeded the investigation, there very well might have been charges on the underlying crime. Second, it is hard to prove in a court of law that the Rove, Libby and the others knew for sure that Plame was undercover. They knew she worked at the CIA, they knew they were leaking her identity, and they knew they were doing it for a political purpose. But they might or might not have known for sure that she was a covert agent."
"So, this uncertainty might protect them for criminal prosecution. But it does not protect them from moral, political and societal judgment for what they have done. They all admit that they leaked Valerie Plame's name in what was an obvious attempt to smear her and her husband for political purposes...Whether Rove and Libby are criminals who have violated the letter of the law is an open question. But what is indisputable is that they have violated our trust"
And he points out while many of those involved are no longer in the administration, Karl Rove still is.
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