Jumping To Conclusions.

Not too long ago over at The American Mind Sean was talking about the Plame case. I find Sean's attitude is someone in the administration is going to get it.

Vice President Cheney's chief of staff Scooter Libby sure looks like he obstructed justice to me.

Source: The American Mind - Scooter is Toast

This post was put up sometime ago and here is a bit from his latest:

The Plame story began when Bob Novak mentioned the CIA operative in a column. The special prosecutor has been busy trying to get some reporters to testify while Novak has flown below the radar. He's been pretty quiet. If Libby or even Karl Rove ends up being indicted will that unlock Novak? He's the one I'm most interested in hearing.

Source: The American Mind - Cheney Target

Now, is it possible someone from the Whitehouse will be indicted? Sure it is, but many people take this possibility not as probable, or even likely, but as a certainty and it sure seems like Sean is among those who believe an indictment of someone in the Whitehouse is very likely to happen (if not a certainty).

Question. What will happen if no indictments are forthcoming? For weeks we will have to bear with accusations of corrupt prosecutors covering for the Whitehouse. This could be one reason why Fitzgerald is taking his time and being thorough, in the event no indictments are forthcoming he will have at least a thorough investigation to stand by. Of course, no amount of investigation will convince everyone nothing wrong was done (in the event of no indictments or less than what the left "knows" will happen happens) after all to more than a few people it was President Bush that fed the apple to Eve.

Of course my paragraph above implies no indictments will be handed down, but I talk about it as a probability, not as a certainty. How many on the left talk in terms of probability rather than a certainty?