There's really no story. It's another grab at straws. They think they can take down Bush or Rove with this, like they tried Rather gate, or the Downing Street memos. All of it is nonsense, but it's all they have to work with.
They look and sound ridiculous, don't they?
Other than wanting to know who the leaker is just for fun, this story is getting quite boring.
Wake me up when they come up with a name, ok?
I just remember Novak talking about this thing back when it first "broke"... and even he was sorta mystified by the whole thing.
I remember him saying something to the effect of "Of course Valerie worked for the CIA... everybody in DC knew that. It was an open secret."
---There's really no story. It's another grab at straws. ---
The Dims figured that if they could get a special prosecutor on the case, that they construct straw men and uncover red herrings endlessly, much to their benefit. Their golem went out of control, as golems are wont to do, and started attacking those he was supposed to help, members of the liberal press. Forgive me while I wipe away a tear! It's all so sad. :^)
Actually, it is a huge story.
The story was trumped up with the intention of impeaching President Bush.
It is huge when CIA officials (rogues) and democrats and media conspire to twist facts to misrepresnet and deceive.
Why did Plame want her husband to go to Niger? What was he really doing there? Why did he change his story from admitting early on that Iraq approached Niger to saying it was completely false?
Why did Wilson tie his story to the forged documents that some of us demonstrated early on could not have played a part in his "findings"? Did he or any cohorts have a role in the creation of the forgeries?
Was there a coordinated effort from the left to take down Blair and Bush at the same time with the British "Sexed-Up Dossier" story hitting the press over there when Wilson's story was starting here? Both entailed an accusation that each nation's leader "lied" about WMD intelligence.
Yes, this is a story. But not the leftist spun way.