the germans and scooter libby, is there a connection

I am listening to german radio, don't ask why, and for some reason the germans seem to be talking a lot about Scooter Libby. I really can't figure out why, but here are some possible, unconfirmed and almost certainly incorrect, reasons:

1. The germans are wondering how to create huge scandals, something their government has not yet figured out how to do, and they are once again looking to the U.S. for guidance and footsteps to follow in.
2. The german government has recently hired people and given them security clearance without checking how smart they are (maybe they should have first checked the smarts of the person doing the hiring, *cough cough* Dick Cheney *cough cough*, and now they want to know what to do with them when they go trial.
3. The station i am listening to is a comedy station, and the germans find the fact that we elected such and incompetent government and allowed such a thing to happen funny.

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