[bushfamfan]

I don't know where this is headed, but Wilson is far from credible. He's a Clintoon boy and obviously has always had hostility towards this administration. Let him continue to lie about Cheney sending him to Niger.

[J_Bravo]

Well, I think the problem is that it really doesn't matter whether or not Wilson is partisan. Everyone knows he's partisan. The question is whether or not Wilson's wife was in fact a CIO operative who's purpose was to investigate WMD. If so, was she a handler or an agent herself? If so, would leaking her name to the press have killed any ongoing operations or put her, or people on her staff, in danger.

Now, that's a short list. If this is a minor thing and she's just a sociallite with no substantial influence or history, then this is no big deal. It doesn't matter.

If however she was high-level and her name meant something, leaking her name is a felony. I suppose that's why one unnamed Senior White House official is fingering not one, but two, 'top-level' White House officials.

Stuff like this is bad news. One thing I do know, THANK GOD the Independent Council law no longer exists.