I haven't heard much about Libby's background but is he the kind of guy who will keep a stiff upper lip when confronted with real jail time? If you think back on the Watergate boys, only J. Gordon Liddy did not testify against others involved; the rest of them sang like birds when deal-cutting time came around.

I've got to think that the prosecution plan is to put as much heat as possible on Scooter in order to get him to rat on Rove, without requiring a public trial.