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Krauthammer: 'What Didn't Happen Today?'
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer - who is credited with calling for and predicting the Harriet Miers Supreme Court nomination withdrawal – was left puzzled by Friday’s indictment of Lewis "Scooter” Libby in the CIA Leak probe. "What’s most interesting about the case is what really didn’t happen today,” Krauthammer told Fox News. "You did not hear about [Karl] Rove, you did not hear about the [CIA Leak] outing,” he said. "That is significant.” Krauthammer was quick to assert that he does consider the Libby indictment "a very big deal,” a position consistent with past political scandals.
Story Continues Below "Perjury is a serious crime,” Krauthammer said. "I thought the same when President Clinton committed perjury before his impeachment.” He said it seemed odd that the special prosecutor would spend two years of investigation in this case that led only to Libby’s indictment – with no mention of the one topic everyone was talking, writing and reading about: the identity leak of a supposedly covert CIA official. "What we have now is the usual Washington story – one that seeks to make a crime about denying a crime.” Krauthammer said Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s claim Friday that the investigation into Rove’s involvement in the case "isn’t over” seems strange. "You would think that either the prosecutor has something on Rove, or he doesn’t,” he said. "Either review it or not. Don’t keep a cloud hanging over the White House gratuitously on the belief that something might be out there.”
As for the dead-on prediction that Miers would withdraw her nomination citing "executive privilege,” Krauthammer had some advice for the president. "I think the president has to go with excellence,” Krauthammer said. "It wasn’t Miers’ lack of intelligence that led to all the backlash; it was her lack of experience. It wasn’t her fault. "Bush has to go with a conservative, a proven one, like Michael McConnell or Michael Luttig.” Asked if he is sure Bush will go with one of those two judges, Krauthammer laughed, adding a reference to the recent World Series. "If I’m that smart, how come I picked the Astros in six?” he asked. The Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros in four straight games to win the 2005 World Series.
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