Brian sent me this video of Howard making a some very solid points about I. Libby.

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Scooty knew exactly that exposing Valerie Plame's name was a big problem and he wanted to "insulate the boss."

Maureen Dowd has some interesting thoughts:

"....This administration's grand schemes always end up as the opposite. Officials say they're promoting national security when they're hurting it; they say they're squelching terrorists when they're breeding them; they say they're bringing stability to Iraq when the country's imploding. (The U.S. announced five more military deaths yesterday.) And the most dangerous opposite of all: W. was listening to a surrogate father he shouldn't have been listening to, and not listening to his real father, who deserved to be listened to."