It Is Not Over Yet

CIA Leak Trial Winners and Losers Mar 7th - 4:37pm By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Convicted of four felonies, "Scooter" Libby has to lead the list of losers in the CIA leak trial, but he's got company. His boss Dick Cheney didn't fare so well. Neither did the news media. (WTOP News)

If you expect me to crow and say "Finally, they got him," you will have a long wait I am afraid. All this trial did was deflect attention away from the on-going issues of the Bush White House. This was a sacrificial lamb thrown to keep the wolves busy so that other misadventures might be forgotten, or better, given a chance to fade from the short term memory of the American people. After all, this is an administration that has lied, cheated, broken dozens of laws, ignored or violated international treaties and continues to flaunt and treat with contempt the very Constitution they were sworn to uphold. The United States stands on the brink of a tyranny that people like North Korea's Kim, the late Saddam Hussein, or Qaddafi can only dream about.