1. There's no evidence that "exposing" Valerie Plame as a CIA employee did any damage to national security. In Jan 2006, in a response to a request for such an assessment, Fitzgerald responded "A formal assessment has not been done of the damage caused by the disclosure of Valerie Wilson's status as a CIA employee, and thus we possess no such document. We would not view an assessment of the damaged caused by the disclosure as relevant to the issue of whether or not Mr. Libby intentionally lied when he made the statements and gave the grand jury testimony that the grand jury alleged was false." So, if the "exposure" of Valerie Plame was so damaging to national security, why wouldn't the special prosecutor look into it?
2. Libby's lawyers have offered to provide 5 witnesses to testify that Wilson told them that his wife worked for the CIA. Libby's lawyer, Wells, has told the judge, "I've got five witnesses who will say under oath that Mr. Wilson told them his wife worked for the CIA." So either these five are willing to perjure themselves for Libby, or.....
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