Many in the hot seat at Libby trial

Many have predicted a pardon from Bush, in order to avoid the spectacle of a trial.
That move might have been a no brainer, had the Dems not won a majority in the House. (We see the Senate, other than for purposes of chairmanships, as split 50/50, as Lieberman is basically, a Repulican, these days.) .

However, he might ought to think twice about pulling that pardon crap now. It could be seen as obstruction of justice.

WP: Many in the hot seat at Libby trial - washingtonpost.com Highlights - MSNBC.com:

When Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff goes on trial Tuesday on charges of lying about the disclosure of a CIA officer's identity, members of Washington's government and media elite will be answering some embarrassing questions as well.

I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's case will put on display the secret strategizing of an administration that cherry-picked information to justify war in Iraq and reporters who traded freely in gossip and protected their own interests as they worked on one of the big Washington stories of 2003.

The estimated six-week trial will pit current and former Bush administration officials against one another and, if Cheney is called as expected, will mark the first time that a sitting vice president has testified in a criminal case. It also will force the media into painful territory, with as many as 10 journalists called to testify for or against an official who was, for some of them, a confidential source.