[bray]

Thompson's objections are the same ones Democratic politicians made in the 1990s about independent counsel Kenneth Starr, who spent six years investigating President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton

With clinton there was an actual crime investigation. There was no crime in naming a CIA paper pusher and Fitz knew it.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[RobbyS]

Can't these reporters simply reports the facts in front of them without rehearing Democrat arguments? Even in Starr's case, he was enouraged to go on fishing expeditions. In this instance, he got involved in a purely non-legal affair and feeling the need to justify himself refused to let go.