Prepare for "Frog-Marching"

A lot of people have been following the story of the White House outing a CIA operative as payback over the Nigerian uranium farce. The CIA has turned over it's findings to the DoJ. Of course, it's all over the "Liberal Net," but Josh Marshall put it best:

The decision on whether to task the FBI with investigating the White House is now in hands of John Ashcroft. Once that happens -- if that happens -- it's not a matter of blogs and chat shows, but subpoenas and depositions.

Emphasis added by me. Looking back on the wise word served up at the Whiskey Bar:

Someday these bozos are going to figure out that it doesn't pay to try to set the CIA up as the fall guys.

Of course this was in response to the blundered pre-war intelligence shenanigans. But the CIA doesn't take too kindly to people outing their under-cover agents. Kos has the scoop that most of the legal backing for this was introduced by President Bush I. Heh. Cool.

Update Sat Sep 27 20:47:46 PDT 2003 Whiskey Bar has a great note:

Still, the Paper of Record is on the record, which means the story is fair game for the Sunday talkers. If the corporate talking heads don't chicken out, this could be fun.

Also, read all about it in WaPo.