[Southack]

"I spoke to (several members of) the Bush administration, and I got a call that day. The caller suddenly went off on a tangent and said, `By the way, why do you keep writing about Joe Wilson's trip? Don't you know it was arranged by his wife?''. . .Pincus went ahead and wrote about the leak and its background, but he didn't reveal his government source."

Lets keep in mind that Wilson himself was a Bush Administration government official.

...And all of this nonsense about protecting *criminal* sources has got to go.

Jail the reporters who won't name their (potentially fictitious) sources.

...

Jail them all.

[Fedora]

Good points. On the point about Wilson himself being a Bush administration government official, Wilson has also mentioned that during the debate over Iraq he was trading information with State Department African specialist Walter Kansteiner, who like Wilson has a business relationship to Brent Scowcroft, also an active opponent of Bush's Iraq policy:

Walter H. Kansteiner, III

A founding Principal of The Scowcroft Group, Walter Kansteiner has over twenty years experience with African and emerging market business issues. Mr. Kansteiner has advised corporations on a wide range of mergers, acquisitions, and privatizations throughout Africa. Transactions that he has been involved with include telecommunications, forestry, mining, financial services, healthcare, and aviation services. Mr. Kansteiner advised the buy side on the $1.3 billion privatization of Telkom South Africa, to date the largest privatization in Africa.

Mr. Kansteiner rejoined the firm after serving two years as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. In this capacity, he was responsible for U.S. foreign policy in Africa. He was also the President’s personal representative to the G8 Africa Process. Prior to his initial affiliation with The Scowcroft Group, Mr. Kansteiner was Executive Vice President of a commodity trading and processing company, which specialized in tropical commodities (coffee, cocoa, and sugar). In addition to his business experience in emerging markets, Mr. Kansteiner served in the U.S. government as the Director of African Affairs on the National Security Council staff. He also served as the Africa specialist on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, and with the Department of Defense as a member of the strategic minerals task force. He holds graduate degrees in international economics and ethics from American University and Virginia Theological Seminary, respectively. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, chairs the Africa Policy Advisory Panel (a congressionally mandated advisory group), and serves on various boards in the U.S. and Africa.