Justice, Republican-style
In 2003, a bunch of filthy stinking douchebags conspired to expose the identity of an undercover CIA operative. This is a big no-no, for reasons that should be obvious.
Why would they do such a thing? Payback. Specifically, these Republican criminals blew the cover of CIA agent Valerie Plame to get back at her husband, Joseph Wilson, who had publicly criticized the Bush administration’s lies about the “threat” posed by Iraq.
Valerie Plame filed a lawsuit against Cheney, Rove, Libby and Armitage seeking damages for this illegal retribution. As of today, the lawsuit has been dismissed. Between this and Bush’s commutation of Libby’s prison sentence, Republican-style justice (letting your cronies off the hook) has definitely been served.