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For the popcorn, I mean... (Back, Marlon! Back!)

Mike Allen and Dana Priest of WaPo report:

the Justice Department is looking into an allegation that an administration official leaked the name of an ["yellowcake" whistleblower Ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife, an] undercover CIA officer to a journalist, administration officials said yesterday.

Crisco Johnny's on the case. Now he can let up on the librarians...

A senior administration official said two top White House officials called at least six Washington journalists and revealed the identity and occupation of Wilson's wife

And the six, besides Robert Novak, who printed the name, would be? Howie? Howie! If you don't have a client in the next hour, we have a story for you!

"Clearly, it was meant purely and simply for revenge," the senior official said of the alleged leak.

Of course, "He only turns vicious when cornered" is #5 on our Top 10 reasons not to hate George Bush (back)....

The official would not name the leakers for the record ...

But s/he did name them...

For my money, the official is Colin "Peggy Lee" Powell ("Is that all there is?"), and the only people who would feel the sense of impunity to betray an intelligence officer (a felony) would be Rummy, Cheney, and/or Unka Karl.... "Fluffer" Rice is too much of a lightweight ... But "leakers," plural... Hmmm...

The official said he had no indication that Bush knew about the calls.

Phew. We thought aWol was going to have to take responsibility for something!

It is rare for one Bush administration official to turn on another.

But increasingly frequent, we hope!

Asked about the motive for describing the leaks, the senior official said the leaks were "wrong and a huge miscalculation, because they were irrelevant and did nothing to diminish Wilson's credibility."

Worse than a crime, a blunder!

George Bush omorashi!