From The Washington Post
By Dan Froomkin

Yesterday was a profound bummer.

Having decided to take a first-hand look at the Scooter Libby trial, I got down the to federal courthouse yesterday afternoon just in time to hear the defense announce that it was basically done.

There would be no testimony from Libby. No testimony from Vice President Cheney.

For me, the real cliffhanger of the Libby trial has never been whether or not he would be found guilty — it was whether or not he and his boss would finally face some questions they couldn’t duck.

Questions that would cut to the very heart of the Bush presidency. Questions about the twisting of intelligence, the manipulation of secrecy, the vindictiveness toward critics, and the control of the media.

Neither Libby nor Cheney have made themselves widely available to the press — and when they have, reporters have usually let them set their own ground rules and pursue their own agendas. Certainly, Cheney made sure he was always in control of the message. (i.e. “Meet the Press.”)

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