Slate | Huffington Post
Not
Patrick Fitzgerald, says
Jack Shafer. If
Scooter Libby had told investigators the truth or even claimed Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination when they came knocking, the press would likely have been spared in the Plame leak investigation, notes Shafer. "The press (including me) may have overreacted in regarding Fitzgerald as some sort of Torquemada, and our fears of a shredded First Amendment are starting to look a little overwrought." ||
ALSO: Rachel Sklar on Libby's "mysterious name."
