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The special prosecutor wants to use our editorial as evidence. Sorry. "One of the mysteries of the recent yellowcake uranium flap is why the White House has been so defensive about an intelligence judgment that we don't yet know is false, and that the British still insist is true. So imagine our surprise when Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald declared his intention last month to use that editorial as part of his perjury and obstruction case against former Vice Presidential aide Scooter Libby, who had also questioned Mr. Wilson's claims. It suggests that his case is a lot weaker than his...

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2006 — Thermometers have finally hit the 90's, and Washington is getting the lazy, sultry look that comes as May dissolves into June. We Washingtonians tend to slow down, but the news doesn't. And it won't this summer either, with a decision expected this summer from Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald that will finally determine whether a top White House aide will face serious federal charges in the CIA leak case. Those old enough to remember Watergate will recall the fiercely hot summer of '74, when scandal revelations brought down Richard Nixon's presidency. Now Washington waits to see...

The Lewis Libby defense team filed a new motion last night (the advent of electronic filing means that motions that in the past had to be filed by the close of business on a certain day can now be filed as late as midnight). The filing concerns the argument over press articles that will be used in Libby's trial on perjury and obstruction of justice charges in the CIA leak investigation. The most interesting part of the new filing concerns the recently disclosed copy of Joseph Wilson's July 6, 2003 New York Times op-ed with Vice President Dick Cheney's personal...