The Washington Post

  • A federal judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed by former CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband against Vice President Cheney and other top administration officials over the Bush administration's disclosure of Plame's name and covert status to the media.

    U.S. District Judge John D. Bates said that Cheney and the others could not be held liable for the disclosures in the summer of 2003 in the midst of a White House effort to rebut criticism of the Iraq war by her husband, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV. The judge said such efforts were a natural part of the officials' normal job duties and thus the officials were immune from liability.


I certainly hope the timing of this dismissal doesn't hurt any of the Wilson's book and media deals. \:lol\:

But seriously...I doubt they realize it, but the dismissal of the Wilsons' lawsuit against Cheney et al. is probably a gift.

The more time that they spend in courtrooms, where they would presumably have to testify under oath, the more likely they are to get in trouble for their questionable relationship with the truth.