Libby indicted, not Rove though:

Vice presidential adviser I. Lewis “Scooter’ Libby Jr. was indicted Friday on charges of obstruction of justice, making a false statement and perjury in the CIA leak case.

Karl Rove, President Bush’s closest adviser, escaped indictment Friday but remained under investigation, his legal status a looming political problem for the White House.

The indictments stem from a two-year investigation by special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald into whether Rove, Libby or any other administration officials knowingly revealed the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame or lied about their involvement to investigators.

Every two-term President in recent memory has had a scandal of some sort. Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Nixon, … Are these folks (and/or their staff) especially crooked? Or are all Presidents and their staff especially crooked, the one-termers just don’t stick around long enough for anyone to care to investigate?

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