be careful what you wish for

the usual solid romenesko round-up regaring the plame leak case. special prosecutor patrick fitzgerald may be overzealous in his investigation,

But some in the press have been equally as willful. Liberal editorial pages were among the loudest in demanding that a special counsel be appointed to find the leaker. And only many months later, when Ms. Miller was in the dock, did New York Times editorials finally get around to admitting that the leak might not even be a crime. Their partisan loathing for Mr. Bush caused these editors to overlook the risks even to their own reporting self-interest.

had many in news media not been so single-minded to find 'the bad guy' in the bush administration, the cherished use of anonymous sources would not be remotely in jeopardy.

¶ - nitish @ 11:03 AM