I am neither someone with a background in journalism, nor am I savvy or privy to beltway politics, nor am I a lawyer, nor do I know the ins and out of intelligence matters...(those links are all worthwhile)

but these things strike me from today's events, take 'em worth a grain of salt:

Patrick Fitzgerald made a no-nonsense, straightforward case for one thing today: Lewis Libby lied to the FBI and the grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA employee's identity, and his perjury and false statements noted in the indictment amount to an obstruction of justice.

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Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald and FBI Special Agent
in Charge John Eckenrode are shown on a video screen during
a news conference about the indictments brought against U.S.
VP Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis 'Scooter' Libby.
Jim Young/Reuters

● Patrick J. Fitzgerald
● Fitzgerald's To Do List
● TIME Online Edition (Nov. 18) ::
   Bob Woodward Interviewed by Special Counsel Fitzgerald