Reply #7: This is nonsense. The crime was structured (planned) to shield Rove

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and Scooter (and/or Cheney) from direct culpability under the Covert Agent Indentities Protection Act (CAIPA). Mens rea is shown by the way the conspiracy was planned to protect the primary government sources. That's basic criminal case law.

Judy Miller, a non-US official who can't be prosecuted under CAIPA, was the bearer of some of the information about Plame's CIA undercover identity. The careful planning of the crime, particularly the effort to compartmentalize so as to avoid the consequences of the law, establishes the criminal intent of the planners. You don't have to put Rove and Scooter together into a room somewhere to see the fruits of their criminal conspiracy.

Ladies and gentlemen of the Jury, have you reached a verdict?