The Left has been touting the Joe Wilson Lies story as some sort of evidence that the evil Bush administration is so corrupt it would reveal the identity of an undercover CIA agent as a political payback against someone who opposes the administration's actions.

Just one problem... the corruption conspiracy of outing an undercover agent never existed. And the indictment that's expected today will show that... or rather the lack of any indictment for revealing an undercover agent's identity will show it. Sure, the Left is likely to cheer gleefully when an indictment comes down today against Scooter Libby, but the absence of an indictment for actually outing an undercover agent will reveal that this was never a story to begin with.

So when you see folks on the Left using today's indictment (for making false statements to the grand jury) remember this story was supposed to be about an evil administration outing an undercover agent. Sure, Libby should pay the price if he made false statements to the grand jury, but let's remember the context under which this story was supposed to be a story...

Let's remember that the media continues to propagate Joe Wilson's lies.

Let's remember Wilson's trip actually bolstered the administration's claims about Iraq-Niger.

Let's remember the reason Valerie Plame's name came up was to refute a Joe Wilson lie regarding who recommended he be sent to Niger.

Let's remember Valerie Plame wasn't undercover anyway.

Let's remember this non-story was manufactured by the Left, then touted by the Left, and will ultimately be revised by the Left. Prepare yourself for the chant to change from "evil, corrupt administration outs undercover agents as payback" to "evil, corrupt administration lies to grand juries".

And expect many on the Left to quickly defend this action by trying to equate it to the Clinton mess. Just remind them that the underlying investigation in which Clinton lied (and for which he was later impeached) was actually investigating a crime, unlike this case.

But liberals, let not your heart be troubled. It appears the NY Times will continue to carry your banner proudly and keep a cloud of suspicion over eeeeeeeeevil Karl Rove despite the absence of any indictment.

UPDATE: Here's the indictment, and as expected no mention of anyone "leaking the identity of an undercover agent". This case ranks up there with Martha Stewart lying to investigators about a legal stock sale... no crime was committed until the investigation began. Libby does the right thing and stolen and destroyed classified memos on national security)

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