Bad Plumber: The Leak John Bolton Couldn't Repair?

Long story short:
In a sleazy attempt to discredit Ambassodor Joe Wilson who had visited Niger on behalf of the CIA to check out rumors of the African country selling or trying to sell nuclear materials to Saddam, someone leaked to the right-wing, farm implement Robert Novakthat Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, was a CIA agent who promptly outed her in his NYT column. By the way, this is a crime.

After some foot dragging by our knuckle-dragging administration's, a tough Chicago prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald was hired to conduct an independent investigation. He convened a grand jury and began collecting testimony.

NYT stenographer Judith Miller, purveyor of the Admin's WMD tall tales, was jailed for not revealing her source about Plame being a spy. She's still in prison. Her husband, reportedly, went on a cruise.

This summer Miller had a visit from John Bolton, who, now, thanks to a recess appointment, is U.N. Ambassador.

Speculation: Bolton is the target of the grand jury.

So?
Someone committed a crime and harmed CIA operations. (Bad for the country.)
Someone ruined Plame's career. (Bad for the country. And not very nice.)
More proof of the White House's vindictiveness, Bush's preference for unquestioning loyalty over truth, and the Admin's lies about WMD's.

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