Plame lights up House hearing

My Way News - Plame Sheds Little Light in Leak Case:
"Columnist [Robert] Novak has said that former Deputy State Department Secretary Richard Armitage first revealed Plame's job to him and Bush's political adviser, Karl Rove, and CIA spokesman Bill Harlow confirmed it."

This short paragraph tells most of what needs to be remembered about this whole "Scooter" Libby vs. Joe Wilson affair. Armitage was the leaker and he was given immunity from prosecution by the prosecutor. Bob Novak revealed Plame's identity in the press and he was not charged. The CIA's PR guy confirmed Plame's identity to a member of the press - rather clear evidence that the Agency officially did not regard her status as "covert" at that time.

All of which leads us back to the $64 question - "Why the Libby witchhunt?" And, the answer that immediately springs to mind is that it was a better way to attack the Bush White House than going through Armitage at the State Department.