So if Cheney or someone else ordered the release of Plame's name, then it doesn't appear to be a crime as she was no longer working undercover.
Randman, if you believe that the release of Plame’s was not a crime, why then would someone as intelligent as Libby, a lawyer, allow himself to be put into a situation where he perjures himself and or obstructs justice?
His situation now, imo, is that he has to put the blame on an administration he was once loyal to or go to jail.