At this point in the media feeding frenzy over the story, the issue of how the investigation started has almost been completely lost. The answer is that it came from the CIA. Acting independently and with great secrecy, the CIA contacted the Justice Department with “concern” about articles in the press that included the “disclosure” of “the identity of an employee operating under cover.” The CIA informed the Justice Department that the disclosure was “a possible violation of criminal law.”Nobody seems to want to talk about how this whole thing got started. The CIA certainly seems to have done exactly what it needed to do to hamstring the White House.
What has frustrated me since the beginning was that there wasn't any 'investigation' into whether there was a crime. The first question that should have been investigated was not who outed her, but was she actually outed. John Smith calls in a secret 'report' that x killed y. Well, before the prosecutor calls a bunch of 'witnesses' and x before the grand jury it is necessary and should be obvious, that he find out if y is still alive!