Dick Cheney's former Chief of Staff: GUILTY

globeandmail.com: Libby found guilty in CIA leak case

Not exactly the smoking gun that Bush/Cheney "Asses of Evil" detractors were hoping for, but it sure smells suspiciously of gunpowder....

Particularly:

Mr. Libby's defence team said he learned about Ms. Plame from Mr. Cheney, forgot about it, then learned it again a month later from NBC newsman Tim Russert. Anything he told reporters about Ms. Plame, Mr. Libby said, was just chatter and rumours, not official government information.

This....

Mr. Libby told investigators he learned of Ms. Plame's identity from NBC reporter Tim Russert, saying that he'd forgotten at the time he talked to the reporter that he'd been told of it earlier by Mr. Cheney.

Mr. Russert testified he never told Mr. Libby about Mr. Wilson's wife, and underwent a gruelling cross-examination as Mr. Libby's legal team tried to discredit Mr. Russert's testimony.

and this...

Mr. Fitzgerald noted that eight witnesses, including an undersecretary of state, two CIA officials, two top Cheney aides, two reporters and former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said they discussed Mr. Wilson's wife with Mr. Libby in a one-month span before Ms. Plame's CIA employment was publicly revealed.

Interesting to see whether justice will be done....

A.L.