Mike the Usurper wrote:
In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Valerie Plame and her husband, Joseph Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador, accused Cheney, Rove and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby of revealing Plame's CIA identity in seeking revenge against Wilson for criticizing the Bush administration's motives in Iraq.
The popular comment is, "You go girl!" Now we'll get to watch them scream that they can't do this, which unfortunately, they can. The precedent was created by the Republicans pushing so hard to allow the Paula Jones case. Whoops. Petard? Meet hoist.
Why is this being handled as a civil matter? The US Attorney General should be all over this one. My faith in our government is shaken. :-/