Jello wrote:

So... Rove AND Libby were talking about this CIA agent being an agent... but its only a crime if they willfully harmed the USA by doing so?

No. There are multiple laws involved here. First is the one that people keep talking about which is the one involving exposing a cover agent. Under that law, they might not be in touble. Under the espionage act however, there's no question they're in violation, but, that's a law broken on an almost daily basis, especially uner this administration which has more than tripled the number of classified documents.

The real problems are perjury, obstruction of justice, withholding information from a grand jury (all of which are illegal) and betrayal of the public faith, which as far as I know is not, but in the end is more serious (see Richard Nixon).

RE: Miller's Lawyer Says Aide Faces 'Problem' in CIA Probe