We said just a few hours ago that the Democrats would be dishonestly spinning the indictment of Libby:

First, it's important to recognize that these indictments are for actions relating to the investigation, none of them address any underlying crime. The left and the MSM will continue to spin this as being about "outing Valerie Plame to discredit Joe Wilson", but no one has been charged with anything like that. Further, these charges have nothing to do with "misleading us into war." These indictments are for lying about what Libby said to Russert, Cooper, and Miller. They have nothing to do with Iraq, per se. The left will need to be confronted whenever they try to pull that spin.

It sure didn't take long for us to be proven right. From Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada:

“These are very serious charges. They suggest that a senior White House aide put politics ahead of our national security and the rule of law.

“This case is bigger than the leak of highly classified information. It is about how the Bush White House manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to bolster its case for the war in Iraq and to discredit anyone who dared to challenge the president.

But that's all complete nonsense. Harry Reid is a bald-faced liar, to put it bluntly. Libby was indicted for lying about conversations he had with reporters. His indictment had nothing to do with national security, or leaking classified information, or Iraq.

And Ted Kennedy, that icon of integrity, spouts the same lie:

In effect it's an indictment of the vicious and devious tactics used by the Administration to justify a war we never should have fought. It's an indictment of the lengths Administration officials were willing to go to cover up their failed intelligence, their distortion on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and their serious blunders on the war. It is an indictment of their vindictive efforts to discredit anyone who challenge their misrepresentations.

In effect, Teddy is spreading blatant falsehoods. These people are shameless.

Linked at the Mudville Gazette Open Post.