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r3x29yz4a said:But is ignorance of the law an excuse to break the law?



Not per se. However, many crimes require an element of "intent."

Depending on how the facts of the case play out, and assuming Plame's status was even that to which "outing" is a crime (as noted before it possibly wasn't), it may be that Armitage did not intend to out a covert agent. In which case, depending on the facts as they develop, and the language of the statute, it may not have been a crime.