The story of the mission really started cracking the day after Truthout blasted swiped copies of Doug's Capitol Hill Blue article all over creation. Even four hours after its retraction a number of talking heads were going on and on about it. Corn's July 16th article was AFTER the bogus "Bush lied" mantra had gotten legs, but is does seem to mark the point where the Plame game begins.
I'm just curious if Doug's mysterious source has the same phone number as Marc Ash.