So John Dean - he of Watergate notoriety, and he who first suggested TraitorGate might be prosecutable under the Espionage Act - has a new diary up on FindLaw to discuss Fitzmas. (Yeah this has been diaried before. The diary went down the virtual drain faster than you can say Unindicted coconspirator, and people weren't picking up on what I want to discuss here.) He pretty much hedges his bets, but ends with this downer:
In short, I cannot imagine any of them being indicted, unless they were acting for reasons other than national security. Because national security is such a gray area of the law, come next week, I can see this entire investigation coming to a remarkable anti-climax, as Fitzgerald closes down his Washington Office and returns to Chicago.
Fitzmas to fizzle out? Maybe. But Dean's argument just doesn't make any sense to me. Follow me...
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