I doubt Libby is different than many other persons being investigated for a serious crime. Of course you keep your mouth shut when the feds are after you. Take the Fifth, etc.
I thought there was a disagreement over whether or not an underlying crime was actually committed?
I have not researched presidential pardons well enough to know about pardons that shield the president from investigations for treason, but I don't recall Reagan, Bush Sr. or Dubya being investigated for treason either.
Sounds like you think Libby is the only person who has information about this so-called crime?
If Libby were fully pardoned, he would lose his 5th Am right to not incriminate himself. But he wasn't pardoned so his 5th A right remains intact and his obstruction of the investigation is complete.
Was an underlying crime committed?
When is a crime not a crime?
Here is the US Code that was violated by the outing of Plame destroying her NOC status:
US Code Title 50 Chapter 15 Section 413b as
(e) ''Covert action'' defined :
As used in this subchapter, the term ''covert action'' means an activity or activities of the United States Government to influence political, economic, or military conditions abroad, where it is intended that the role of the United States Government will not be apparent or acknowledged publicly, but does not include -
(1) activities the primary purpose of which is to acquire intelligence, traditional counterintelligence activities, traditional activities to improve or maintain the operational security of United States Government programs, or administrative activities;
(2) traditional diplomatic or military activities or routine support to such activities
She was covert. There is no debate about that fact. Her identity was blown by a big mouth from the Bush Administration. All her intelligence work on WMDs and our enemies was destroyed as was her career.
But what if you are correct that no crime was committed. How could that be?
Libby: Bush Authorized Plamegate Leak
Indicted ex-Cheney aide told grand jury of White House approvalhttp://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0406061libby1.htmlIf bush declassified her status (for reasons of crushing opposition to the war--read Joe Wilson, her husband--and revenge) then the leak is not a crime.
It's very nice to know that our president is undermining the war on terror and the effort to curb the proliferation of WMDs to score political points while ruling with an iron hand to make his illegal invasion of iraq happen.
Publicly here's what Bush said about the crime:
President vows to fire anyone who committed a crimehttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/18/cia.leak/What a piece garbage this man is--there is no crime if he, the president, declassified Plame's identity.
The man hurt america....made us less safe.