Scooter Indicted

Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, resigned Friday after he was indicted by a grand jury investigating the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame. Scooter is charged with two counts of perjury, two counts of making a false statement and one count of obstruction of justice. While these charges do not directly address the charges of who in the Bush Administration leaked the name of Valerie Plame, it does show that the Scooter learned about Plame's classified status from the CIA, State Department, and possibly Cheney. There is still a possibility for indictments involving Cheney and/or Karl Rove.

For those of you out of the loop on the CIA leak case, read this to get caught up. Also, for more information about Plame, I would recommend reading this article written by former CIA agent and Republican Larry Johnson or check out his blog. But I still want to know how someone named Scooter becomes the right hand man to the Vice President of the United States. I picture Scooter the muppet saying, "Boss, we've got a little problem."