Washington is all abuzz over the trial of Scooter Libby as it uncovers a number of disturbing facts about both the Bush administration and also the media.
Unfortunately these discoveries comes three years too late. While the news may give the public something to think about during the 2008 election, that knowledge would have made a difference in 2004, which would have made a big difference nationally and internationally in the past two years.
However the administration did not want the public to know that as the Washington Post headline put it 'Dubious' Intelligence Fueled Push for War in Iraq, nor did they want the public to know they outed a CIA operative in response to being criticized.
And the media, who was used to out the operative, did not want the public to know about the cozy relationship they had with the current administration. Allowing the public to know that would mean they might question the media's attacks on Sen. John Kerry.
It was Eric Boehlert of Media Matters who had to point out that "for long stretches, the special counsel easily supplanted the timid D.C. press corps and become the fact-finder of record for the Plame story. It was Fitzgerald and his team of G-men -- not journalists -- who were running down leads, asking tough questions and, in the end, helping inform the American people about possible criminal activity inside the White House."
The media, which knew who was responsible for the outing of Valerie Plame, wasn't interesting in telling the public about its relationship with the administration, could have written the story long ago but didn't.
One can only image how the public would have reacted to the news that the administration was wrong and outed a spy, especially in Ohio.
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