“I do not believe Scooter Libby was freelancing this breach of national security. It’s so obvious that Cheney told him to do that and then of course, Cheney is claiming he was a soldier on the battlefield I think reinforces that. But what is so pernicious about that to me is that it elevates loyalty over the obligation to obey the law. If loyalty is a supreme virtue, then those who have the power, the strongest in a position to command loyalty will rule, we will revert to the law of the jungle.”
James Stewart has won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the 1987 stock market crash and insider trading. Formerly Page One editor of the Wall Street Journal, he is now a business columnist for The New York Times. Mr. Stewart is perhaps best known for his 1991 book, Den of Thieves.