Great reporting on the state of reporting

Frontline has put together a series on the state of “news.” It’s a four part series and incredibly informative. Below is a link to the series. It can be watched online for free, but beware, once you start, you will want ot watch all 4 parts in one sitting.
FrontLine: News Wars

Libby Guilty, Case Closed???

Today Scooter Libby, former Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was found guilty on four out of five counts for obstruction of justice. U.S. Attorney Peter Fitzgerald said that he does not expect any further charges to be brought up in the Valerie Plame leak case, but left the door open by saying:

“if new information comes to light that warrants taking further action, we will do that.”

Although this may seem like a closed case to many, I find that many questions have been left unanswered, such as: who is responsible for the actual leak of classified information? Are we to believe that this compromise of national security was brainstormed and carried out by a lone gunman? In the end, Libby was convicted on obstruction of justice charges, but not for illegally disclosing classified information. Furthermore, Fitzgerald’s statement perplexes me greatly. What new information does Fitzgerald expect to receive? A grand jury has already heard testimonies from the Karl Rove, Ari Fleischer, and a slew of top officials. How is Fitzgerald going to extract new information from this administration? In the end, my hope is that the publicity this verdict generates will cause a public outcry for further investigation into the leak, although I’m not sure what’s left to investigate. My feeling is that all will be forgotten in two weeks time.

I would love to hear any comments, questions or criticisms on this news story and/or my editorial.