What I haven't been able to figure out about this non-story is why Novak has escaped the hot seat.
The only thing I can figure is that he must've given up the name of his informant without a squabble...something Judith Miller should have done as well if that's the case.
Doesn't the idea that she is protecting an administration official seem odd as well? That a high administration official is implicated has been pedaled to the public, and even the motive has been sold, to get even with Wilson, ... without any factual substantiation so far!
We "know" so much but so far it's all speculation.
The identity and the motive of the snitch remains unknown. But that stops no reporter from carrying the alleged story line forward with each new article.
My guess it that the "administration official" just one more Democrat civil servant, not a Bush appointee, wanting to embarass the "administration". It's all in how you define the words "administration official", isn't it?
Joe Wilson