I know you’re just being open minded, but I think you’re forgetting who is involved in all this. Maybe the President won’t resign because of this, but pretty much everyone else likely will in that case.

But I wouldn’t count out the very real possibility that GW’s neck will be caught in this noose.

But the fact is the WH political arm has been intimately involved in this story since at least 14 July 03. What Steven is pretending not to know is the fact that every national politician is in full campaign mode every day. As such, these politicians are very aware of not just what people are saying about their potential opponents but also what people are saying about them. For Steven to claim Dubya hasn’t been aware of at least the possibility of a CIA or an FBI investigation WRT this story is simply absurd.

Again, this WH has known since at least 14 Jul 03 that someone on their senior staff has committed a crime. A crime which has national security implications.

Do you really think that the President (any Presdient, not just this one) is aware of all (indeed, any) of the referrals to DoJ? This is hardly the case.

And I really don’t see a “trap”–for whom set by whom to do what?

GW doesn’t have to be part of the original crime to be in the legal cross hairs, he just had to do nothing since July when the CIA first notified Justice that this was a crime. And then do nothing again when they were notified three weeks ago that it was not only a crime, but it damaged national security.

And I’m pretty sure that’s precisely what they all did.

Really, you have to simply admire the simplicity of the trap.