CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS
TO INVESTIGATE FITZGERALD

Buried at the tail end of a Reuters article about the Senate looking into the general issue of secret agent security. From the Boston Globe courtesy of the Daily Kos:

Little said the Senate committee would also review the probe of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, who has been investigating the Plame case for nearly two years.

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Kos suggests that this is happening "because he won't fly the elephant above the Stars and Stripes," in other words, punishment. I think it's simpler than that. They're scared. If that's the case, it only adds credence to my speculation that this Plame thing could end up gutting the Bush administration beyond repair. I can only hope.

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