"Scooter" indicted

Vice-President Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby resigned today as indictments of obstruction of justice, perjury, and making false statements. He was charged with perjury in front of a grand jury in March 2004 about information discussed with reporters, and lying to FBI agents investigating the case. Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has spent 2 years investigating the leak of CIA agent Valeria Plaine's identity to the press. Her name was initially disclosed in a New York Times column about Plaine's husband, diplomat Joe Wilson, by syndicated journalist Robert Novak (ehem…douche bag for revealing the name in the first place). The thought is that the revealing of her name was in retaliation to comments made by her husband, which spoke out against the Iraq War. The trail of Plaine's name revelation apparently led back to "Scooter". Supposedly he got the name from a CIA agent, but lied about it and said he got it from reporters.

Indictments were not brought against White House deputy chief of staff, Karl Rove. However, special prosecutor Fitzgerald said that the investigation is not over yet, leaving Mr. Rove in the hot seat.

Should be an interesting weekend...