Emily Bazelon writes:
[Victoria Toensing] a supporter of Scooter Libby ...argued that the law couldn't have been broken when Valerie Plame's cover as a CIA agent was blown because her status wasn't really covert. The jury who convicted Libby disagreed.
The jury did no such thing! Libby was convicted of process crimes. I believe that very little evidence on Plame's covert status was even allowed in. Flippancy should not trump accuracy.
I have several posts about this on my blog