Timothy Noah at Slate writes that calling for a reinstatement of the independent counsel statute into the Valerie Plame affair would be a mistake.
Sam Smith at Progressive Review tells everyone to ‘calm down’ and concentrate on the more important matter of the lies told by the Bush administration in order to gather support for the pre-emptive strike on Iraq.
I’m still seeing last night’s news feed and the impudent George smirkingly calling for the reporters to divulge their sources.
Talk Left on whether Novak can be ordered to do just that.
Jack Shafer at Slate on how anonymous sources tie reporters in knots.
Instead of George calling for the ruin of yet another professional why isn’t he demanding the person in his administration responsible for this ‘leak’ to come forward?
And when he will wipe that smirk off his face?
Addendum: Yesterday, fantastic planet linked to Atrios who linked to this Guardian audio report in which Julian Borger says reporters are privately naming Rove as the source.
Josh Marshall on ‘classified information’ strategy.