So, the jury has reached a verdict and another innocent man has been stripped of his dignity by the bottom feeders on the left. Our own Department of Justice has failed to provide justice to Scooter Libby and to the American citizens and taxpayers. Instead they have proven to all of us that the law, which is supposed to protect the innocent, can be manipulated by prosecutors to ruin the lives of political opponents. This is wonderful news, especially to the Democrat Party and anyone else who sees nothing wrong with this reckless approach to politics.

Let’s go back to 2003 and look at the beginning of this tragic story.

On July 6, 2003, Joseph Wilson had an article in The New York Times which tells a story about how the Bush Administration misrepresented intelligence regarding Iraq. He argues that they knew there were no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and that Iraq had no intentions of purchasing materials to get them. However, according to some sources that had seen the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), this argument contradicts what was in his report following his trip to Niger.

Just over one week later, on July 14, 2003, Robert Novak reveals Valerie Plame’s identity (Joseph Wilson’s wife) as an operative in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). After some heated controversy as to whether she was covert or not, Bush Administration officials decide to approve a special investigation to find out who leaked the information to Novak. On September 26, 2003, the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) start a criminal investigation into the “possible” unauthorized leak.

Here’s the interesting part: On October 3, 2003, Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage confessed to the Department of Justice that he was the source of Robert Novak. Libby’s first interview with the FBI wasn’t until October 14 – eleven days later. If the investigation was approved to find the person who had leaked Plame’s identity, why did the investigation continue well into 2005? Dick Armitage had already confessed to the DoJ. When Special Prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald was hired to head the investigation on December 30, 2003, the identity of the person who had leaked the information was already known. So, why did Fitzgerald continue to call Bush Administration officials to testify before a grand jury after the “crime” had been solved?

Libby was called to testify before the grand jury on March 5 and March 24, 2004. After over eight hours of testimony, Fitzgerald apparently had what he needed: plenty of tape to search for inconsistencies in order to indict Libby on a process charge. He obviously was not looking for evidence of a cover-up or leak within the Administration because he already had his guy, Dick Armitage. It’s good to know that our tax dollars are being spent on political witch hunts. Fitzgerald was given the authority by his superiors at the Department of Justice to conduct an open-ended investigation into a case where the purpose was to find who leaked Valerie Plame’s identity. This is not how the law is supposed to work. After finding an apparent discrepancy (which is very slight at best according to the transcripts) in Libby’s testimony, Fitzgerald decided to go ahead with the indictments.

As far as the trial goes, how can you convict someone of a process crime in a case where there is no trial for the crime that was being investigated? And why is it that the crime isn’t being investigated? The only logical conclusion would be that there was never any crime committed. Even if there was going to be a trial for leaking Plame’s identity, her status (covert or not) wasn’t going to be revealed. Nobody, except CIA officials, knows whether she was covert or not. Now that the trial is over and Fitzgerald got his conviction, we may be able to find out the truth. My guess, and I’d be willing to bet on this, is that she was not a covert agent.

So, Scooter Libby was convicted on a few counts of obstruction of justice and lying to an FBI agent. This is the great proof that the Bush Administration is full of corrupt, evil men trying to suppress their political opponents. This is our proof that the president lied about everything. This is what has taken over three and a half years to complete. We have four convictions for process crimes that should never have happened in the first place. Is this what you consider justice? Is this how Libby and his family should be treated? How would you like your life to be in the hands of political hacks posing as justice officials and intelligence officers?

Listen to the Democrats rejoice. Listen to the media proclaim victory. Whenever you hear those two things, you know it is just another of many dark days in America.