Eric Rasmusen has an interesting theory:
I just realized there is a third reason beyond the two of No Prosecution and Unexpected Criminals for Attorney-General Ashcroft’s removing himself from the Plame Affair prosecution: He doesn’t want to put reporters in jail. They hate him already for his politics and religiosity, and if he vigorously pursues an investigation in which reporters are the main witnesses, he will have to make reporters talk, which they don’t want to do. The media will scream “Reporters jailed for contempt— Nazi Tactics!” if he pursues the investigation, and “Officials allowed to leak without punishment–Nazi Tactics!” if he does not. . . .
I’m not sure just how likely this is, but I thought I’d pass it along.
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